# Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attachment attachment].
# 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''
#: ''the accessories of a mobile phone''
# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
# (''fashion'') An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
#: [[File:AccessoryBevelRoundedBlissymbol.webp|thumb|250px|Blissymbol for ''accessory'' (thing + plus + clothing: something added to one's clothing), [https://www.blissymbolics.org/ Blissymbolics Communication International], CC BY-SA 4.0.]]
# (''legal'') A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
#: ''She was an '''accessory''' to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.''
#: ''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.
# (''art'') Something in a work of art without being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indispensably indispensably] necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor ("helper, subordinate"), from accessus. Compare access, from the same root.
Adjective
accessory (comparative more accessory, superlative most accessory)
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. (from 1550s)
(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
