adminicular
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin adminiculō (“to prop up, support”) + -ar.
Adjective
editadminicular (comparative more adminicular, superlative most adminicular)
- (obsolete) Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
- Synonym: adminiculary
- 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Records of a Family of Engineers:
- He came: he found the islanders beside themselves at this unwelcome resurrection of the dead and the detested; he was shown, as adminicular of testimony
Translations
editsupplying help; corroborative; explanatory
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References
edit- “adminicular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “adminicular”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ni‧cu‧lar
Etymology 1
editFrom adminículo + -ar.
Adjective
editadminicular m or f (plural adminiculares)
- adminicular (supplying help; corroborative; explanatory)
Etymology 2
editSame as the 1st etymology.
Verb
editadminicular (first-person singular present adminiculo, first-person singular preterite adminiculei, past participle adminiculado)
- (transitive) to administer adminicle; help
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of adminicular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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