AUXILIAR

Etymology

Adjective

auxiliar (not comparable)

(obsolete) auxiliary

Noun

auxiliar (plural auxiliars)

(archaic) An auxiliary.

Source: Wiktionary


Aux*il"iar, a. Etym: [L. auxiliaris: cf. F. auxiliaire. See Auxiliary.]

Definition: Auxiliary. [Archaic] The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. Pope.

Aux*il"iar, n.

Definition: An auxiliary. [Archaic] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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