appendix
nounUK, US /əˈpɛn.dɪks/ · /əˈpɪn.dɪks/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin appendix.
1
Broadly, Obsolete Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
- Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary
- idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […], vol.I, New York 2001, p.244
2
A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
- Holonym: back matter
- Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum, codicil
- Derived terms
- app., appendectomy, appendical, appendicitis, appendicize, appendix auriculae, appendixless, epiploic appendix, hilar appendix, mesoappendix, subappendix, vermix