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Webster 1913 Edition

Appendix

Ap-pen′dix

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Appendixes
, L.
Appendices
.
[L.
appendix
, -
dicis
, fr.
appendere
. See
Append
.]
1.
Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
Normandy became an
appendix
to England.
Sir M. Hale.
2.
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
Syn. – See
Supplement
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Appendix

APPEND'IX

,
Noun.
plu.
appendixes. [L. The Latin plural is appendices. See Append.]
1.
something appended or added.
Normandy became an appendix to England.
2.
An adjunct, concomitant, or appendage.
3.
More generally, a supplement or short treatise added to a book.

Definition 2024

Appendix

Appendix

See also: appendix

German

Noun

Appendix f ‎(genitive Appendix, plural Appendizes)

  1. appendix (organ)

appendix

appendix

See also: Appendix
For Wiktionary's appendices, see Appendix:Contents

English

Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

Noun

appendix ‎(plural appendices or appendixes)

  1. (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
      idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […].
  2. Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text.
  3. (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ that can become inflamed.

Usage notes

The correct plural of appendix depends on the circumstances. When referring to the text at the end of a book or article, the plural is usually stated as appendices, although often as appendixes. Either is correct in standard usage. In the sense of the organ, appendixes is the only plural. Compare vacuum, which can pluralize to vacua or vacuums depending on the meaning.

Derived terms

Translations

text added to the end of a book or an article

Latin

Etymology

From appendō ‎(“hang upon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

appendix f ‎(genitive appendicis); third declension

  1. supplement, addition
  2. appendage
  3. barberry (shrub)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative appendix appendicēs
genitive appendicis appendicum
dative appendicī appendicibus
accusative appendicem appendicēs
ablative appendice appendicibus
vocative appendix appendicēs

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