adminicle

noun

ad·​min·​i·​cle

ad-ˈmi-nə-kəl,

əd-

plural -s

1

: support, auxiliary

to serve as an adminicle of the senate

the adminicles of modern culture

2

[Medieval Latin adminiculum, from Latin]

a

law : corroborative or explanatory proof

b

Scots law : any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost document

Word History

Etymology

Latin adminiculum support, prop, perhaps from ad- + -miniculum (from minae pinnacle of a wall + -iculum, diminutive suffix)

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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