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noun

Accessory n. (pl. accessories)

That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. "The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti."

(Law) Same as Accessary, n.

(Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.

Synonyms: Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See Abettor.

adjective

Accessory adj. Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music. Note: Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of pronunciation. Most orhoepists place the accent on the first syllable.

Synonyms: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.

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Etymology of 'Accessory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Accessory" Quotes from Famous Books

... partaking not so rigidly of the spirit of abstraction, may be shadowed forth, although feebly, in words. A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth. No outlet was observed in any portion of its vast extent, and no torch, or other artificial source of light was discernible; yet a flood of intense rays rolled throughout, ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

... told us that his stress lay on the "incidents in the development of a soul." The portrait of Sordello is one of the most elaborate and complete which he has given us. It is painted with more accessory detail and on a larger canvas than any other single figure. Like Pauline and Paracelsus, with which it has points of affinity, the poem is a study of ambition and of egoism; of a soul "whose ambition," as ...

— An Introduction to the Study of Browning • Arthur Symons

... can rely upon you to get rid of the husband?" said Lord Bracondale, finally. "I do not see the poetry of the affair with his bald head and mutton-chop whiskers as an accessory." ...

— Beyond The Rocks - A Love Story • Elinor Glyn

... back, "you wish to cause my death, you ecclesiastical idiot. The principal thing for you is to enjoy yourself; my sweet carcass, a thing accessory. Your pleasure will be my death, and then you'll canonise me perhaps? Ah, you have the plague, and you would give it to me. Go somewhere else, you brainless priest. Ah! touch me not," said she, seeing him about to advance, "or I will stab you with ...

— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac

... forms, would not meet this demand. All varieties of finishing plants and associated factories would also need to be started in order to meet the situation. This would require large capital. Furthermore the local demand for some of the accessory finished products might not warrant the establishment of the ...

— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith

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