adminicle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ad=min=i=cle

CIDE DICTIONARY

adminicle, n. [L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending -culym.].

•  Help or support; an auxiliary.  Grote.  [1913 Webster]
•  Corroborative or explanatory proof.  [1913 Webster]

  "In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell. "  Bell.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

adminicle, n.
1 a thing that helps.
2 (in Scottish law) collateral evidence of the contents of a missing document.

Derivative

adminicular adj.

Etymology

L adminiculum prop