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Adminicle

2022/4/19
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Adminicle is a noun that refers to support or aid.

The latin word adminiculum (ad mee nee COO loom) means support. Adminicle shares its origin with other English words like administer and administration. Here’s an example:

We needed Henry’s adminicle for this project. Without his support, we would have been doomed.