Editing Accessory

==English==

===Alternative forms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accessary accessary]

===Transliteration Pronunciation===
* Katakana: アクセサリー (akusesarī)
* Hangul: 액세서리 (aek-se-seo-ri)
* Anglo-Saxon Runes: ᚪᚳᛋᛖᛋᚪᚱᛁ (ə-k-s-e-s-ə-r-i) / ᚫᚳᛋᛖᛋᚪᚱᛁ (æ-k-s-e-s-ə-r-i)

===Etymology 1===
From Medieval Latin ''accessōrius'', from Latin ''accessor'' ("helper, subordinate"), from ''accessus''. Compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], from the same root.

====Adjective====

'''accessory''' (''comparative'' more accessory, ''superlative'' most accessory)

# Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accompanying accompanying] as a subordinate; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aiding aiding] in a secondary way; being additional; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contributing contributing] or being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contributory contributory]. (from 1550s)
# (''legal'') [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assisting Assisting] a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incident incident] or subordinate to a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/principal principal].
# (''medicine, biology'') [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supernumerary Supernumerary] and generally [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonfunctional nonfunctional].

=====Usage notes=====
* (sense: secondary, supplementary) Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense, or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective).

=====Synonyms=====
* (having a secondary function): [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accompanying accompanying], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contributory contributory], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/auxiliary auxiliary], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subsidiary subsidiary], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subservient subservient], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/additional additional], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acceding acceding]

===Etymology 2===
From Middle English ''accessorie'', from Medieval Latin ''accessōrius'', from Latin ''accessor'' ("helper, subordinate"), from ''accessus''. Compare [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], from the same root.

====Noun====

'''accessory''' (''plural'' '''accessories''')

# Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attachment attachment].
#: ''the accessories of a mobile phone''
# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves. (from 1896)
# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. (from 1414)
#: ''She was an '''accessory''' to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.''
# (''art'') Something in a work of art without being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indispensably indispensably] necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

===References===
* [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accessory Webster's Dictionary (1913)]
* [https://www.etymonline.com/word/accessory Online Etymology Dictionary — ''accessory'' (adj.)]
* [https://www.etymonline.com/word/accessory Online Etymology Dictionary — ''accessory'' (n.)]
* [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/ Middle English Dictionary Online — ''accessō̆rie'' (n.)]
* [https://www.oed.com/ Oxford English Dictionary Online — ''accessory'' (n. and adj.)]

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