appendix

Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.

Noun

  1. Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
    • Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary
    • idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […] - , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244

    Synonyms: addition addendum attachment accessory accompaniment add-on adjunct affix annex apanage appendage appendix extra increase increment supplement ancillary auxiliary

  2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
    • Holonym: back matter
    • Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum, codicil

    Synonyms: supplement addendum codicil

    Coordinate Terms: afterword epilogue postscript

  3. The vermiform appendix.
  4. Any process, prolongation, or projection.

    Synonyms: appendage

Origin

Etymology tree Latin appendixbor. English appendix Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Forms

appendices appendixes

Derived

app. appendectomy appendical appendicitis appendicize appendix auriculae appendixless epiploic appendix hilar appendix mesoappendix subappendix vermix