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appendix

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//əˈpɛn.dɪks//
  • //əˈpɪn.dɪks//

A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteSomething 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 […]

  2. 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

  3. 3

    The vermiform appendix.

  4. 4

    Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Forms

plural
appendices, appendixes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).