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单词 appendage
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appendagen.

Brit. /əˈpɛndɪdʒ/, U.S. /əˈpɛndɪdʒ/
Etymology: < append v.2 + -age suffix: compare equipage; also appanage (in 17th cent. appennage), by which the sense was perhaps influenced.
That which is attached as if by being hung on; a subsidiary external adjunct, addition, or accompaniment, which does not form an essential part of that to which it is added, but is usually natural or appropriate to it. (Cf. appendix n.)
1. of things material.
a. generally.
ΚΠ
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 214 Clothing; another necessary Appendage of Life.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 30 An army, with all its necessary appendages.
1854 D. Brewster More Worlds iv. 76 The planet Saturn, encompassed with the extraordinary appendage of a ring.
b. esp. An addition to territory or property. Cf. appanage n. 3, appendant n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > an adjunct to property
pertinence1379
pertinent1396
tachment?a1400
connex1540
annexation1611
pertinency1651
pertainment1674
appendage1694
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a dependent possession
aparauntc1400
appendance1523
limba1647
dependency1684
appendage1694
appanage1807
1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) i. iii. 19 Hastings, and its two Appendages, Winchelsea and Rye, are in Sussex.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 783 The other islands..should be regarded as appendages to Curassou.
1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) i. 7 Dwelling-houses and their appendages.
c. An addition in writing; an appendix n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > appendix or supplement
supplement1523
appendix1549
appendant1570
appendage1651
addendum1664
Paralipomenon1666
annexture1756
excursus1803
society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > piece of writing at end > added as nonessential supplement
supplement1523
appendix1549
codicil1566
appendant1570
appendage1651
annexure1798
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > addition or appendix
supplement1523
appendix1549
referendary1581
supply1584
postscript1596
corollary1603
annexary1605
annexe1625
appendage1651
streamer1696
tack1705
taga1734
rider1813
pendant1837
overmatter1887
afterword1890
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A9 That Appendage which is added concerning the Regiment of God.
d. Natural History. A subordinate or subsidiary organ.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > subsidiary
appendage1785
1785 J. E. Smith in Leis. Hour June 1883, 353/1 The angular appendage to the nose of the American bat.
1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings vii. 135 All the appendages borne on the stem—such as scales, leaves, bracts, flowers, and fruit.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. i. ii. §59 Antennae and other appendages used for feeling.
2. of things immaterial.
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1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xvii. §5 If the pious action have been formerly joined with anything..truly criminal..I give cause..to think I approve of the old appendage.
1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. x. 327 Confirmation which ever was a constant appendage to Baptism.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music §4. 40 The Dance..being only secondary, and merely an Appendage to the Song.
1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. 8 Religion and gallantry soon made humanity an indispensable appendage of true valour.
3. transferred of persons.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency > a dependant or subordinate companion
appendixa1616
appendant1641
appendage1838
1838 E. Cook Melaia xxv That rare appendage to a king, A friend that never played the slave.
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 121 Such an official was not an uncommon appendage to legations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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