Adjunct

Pronunciation

• IPA: en, /ˈædÊ’.ʌŋkt/
• Hyphenation: en + ad + junct

Origin

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō ("join to"), from ad + iungō ("join"). .

Full definition of adjunct

Noun

1. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
• Marlowe Tamburlaine|1|I|ii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HFGOmnsvAMC&pg=PP22|Lie here ye weedes that I diÅ¿daine to weare,
  This compleat armor, and this curtle-axe
  Are adiuncts more beſeeming Tamburlaine.
• Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost|IV|iii|135|passage=Learning is but an adiunct to our Å¿elfe,
  And where we are, our Learning likewiſe is.
2. A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
• Wotton ParallelLord Cottington (as an adjunct of singular experience and trust)
3. (brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
4. (dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
5. (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
6. (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
7. (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
• 1988, Andrew RadfordWe can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of N-double-bar; Adjuncts are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Complements are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that Adjuncts resemble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from Complements in that Adjuncts are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are sisters of N. Likewise, it means that Adjuncts resemble Determiners in that both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that Adjuncts are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.
8. (rhetoric) Symploce.
9. (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.

Synonyms

• (something attached to something else) addition, supplement; See also
• (person associated with another) See also (colleague) or (subordinate)

Derived terms

• adjuncthood
• adjunction
• adjunctive

Adjective

1. Connected in a subordinate function.
• Shakespeare John|III|iii|11|passage=Though that my death were adiunct to my Act,
  By heauen I would doe it.
2. Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.