adminicle

From Latin adminiculum (“support pole”).

adminicle (plural adminicles)

1. Something that aids or supports.
2. An auxiliary.
3. (Scots law) Corroborative proof.
4. Background ornamentation on a coin or medal.

• adminiculate

• “adminicle, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

• medicinal, miniclade

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin adminiculum (“support pole”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əd.miˈni.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.miˈni.kle]

adminicle m (plural adminicles)

1. accessory
2. (law) adminicle

• adminicular

• “adminicle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007