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单词 appendix
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appendixn.

Brit. /əˈpɛndɪks/, U.S. /əˈpɛndɪks/
Forms: Plural appendices /-ɪsiːz/ and appendixes.
Etymology: < Latin appendix. < appendĕre : see append v.1 A singular appendice after French appears in 17th cent.
That which is attached as if by being hung on; = appendage n., but now of more restricted use.
1.
a. Of things material: A subsidiary external adjunct, addition, or accompaniment; an additional possession, a dependency. Obsolete in general sense except by transference from 2.
ΚΠ
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D4 If it be his pleasure to haue his appendices primde, or his mustachios fostered.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xiv. 26 Normandy, once an Appendix of the Crown of England.
1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 125 The Ark, the Shechinah, the heavenly fire, and the rest, were ceremonial appendices.
1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 35 Figures of Men..accidentally introduc'd, as Appendices, or Ornaments.
1880 tr. Wurtz Atom. The. 150 The bodies added as appendices have become the heads of their respective families.
b. transferred of persons; cf. appendant adj. 2b. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency > a dependant or subordinate companion
appendixa1616
appendant1641
appendage1838
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. v. 30 To bid the Priest be readie to come against you come with your appendix . View more context for this quotation
1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion (1737) xxiii My Children..are but the Appendixes of me.
2. An addition subjoined to a document or book, having some contributory value in connection with the subject matter of the work, but not essential to its completeness.
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
1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Aii The Commentaries, contaynyng the solemnities of their religion wyth manye other appendixes.
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) xii. 317 Towards the end whereof is an Appendix or Post-script.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica Pref. sig. d3v As I have related in the Appendix to this Treatise.
1880 Athenæum 23 Oct. 567 Two important Appendixes.
1881 Academy 18 June 457/2 His numerous appendices.
3.
a. Biology. A small process or prolongation developed from the surface of any organ. spec., short for vermiform appendix (of the cæcum): see vermiform adj. 3a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > large intestine > caecum > appendix
appendix1615
vermiform appendix or appendage1778
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 113 The appendixe of the Mesenterie..of the nature of a ligament.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 140 The Appendices or Beards, in the calicular leaves [of the rose].
1863 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (1873) 142 Viola odorata..two narrow dorsal appendices from the base of the connective of the two anterior anthers.
1886 R. H. Fitz in Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Oct. 323 As a circumscribed peritonitis is simply one event..in the history of inflammation of the appendix, it seems preferable to use the term appendicitis to express the primary condition.
1902 Scotsman 2 July 7/3 This operation, removal of the appendix.
1905 H. A. Kelly & E. Hurdon Vermiform App. 2 The first recorded case of disease of the appendix is the classical one of Mestivier, reported in 1759.
1905 H. G. Wells Mod. Utopia App. 377 I had seen the ancestral cæcum shrink to that disease nest, the appendix of to-day.
b. The sucker of a plant or tree. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > sucker or side-shoot
scourgea1382
by-sprouting1562
sucker1577
lateral1578
offset1642
spiney1649
side shoot1658
appendix1664
by-shoot1669
water sprout1688
turion1725
tiller1733
surculus1775
suckler1796
suckling1798
offshoot1814
stool1818
base shoot1835
side-tiller1903
toe1952
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 30 Both these sorts [of elms] are rais'd of Appendices, or Suckers.
4. Of things immaterial: A subsidiary addition, accompaniment, or consequence; an accessory. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. App. f. viv The Apendex to all the premysses folowethe.
1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 360 His promise was an addition, or an appendix of that principal point.
1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) i. ii. ii. vi. 84 Idlenesse is an appendix to nobility.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 267 Therefore the will of a blessed Soul should be a burdensome appendice.
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Who look upon Idleness as an Appendix of their Greatness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

appendixv.

Brit. /əˈpɛndɪks/, U.S. /əˈpɛndɪks/
Etymology: < appendix n.
rare.
To add as an appendix.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > write parts of composition [verb (transitive)] > write as appendix
annex1397
appendicatea1676
appendice1702
appendix1757
postfix1823
1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies xiii. 335 The catalogue..appendixed by Mr. Frazer, to his history of Shah-Nadir.

Derivatives

appendixed adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adjective] > added as appendix
appendixed1755
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 456 The appendix'd Piece marked Letter B.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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