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    [Noun]  | "ad*junct" | \ ˈa-ˌjəŋ(k)t \


    1: something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it

    2: a word or word group that qualifies or completes the meaning of another word or other words and is not itself a main structural element in its sentence

    3: an adverb or adverbial phrase (such as heartily in "They ate heartily" or at noon in "We left at noon") attached to the verb of a clause especially to express a relation of time, place, frequency, degree, or manner

    Origin: 1554 ;

     Borrowed from Latin adjunctum "concomitant factor," from neuter of adjunctus {see: |adjunct:2|adjunct:2};

    [Adjective]  | "adjunct" 


    1: added or joined as an accompanying object or circumstance

    2: attached in a subordinate or temporary capacity to a staff

    Origin: 1516 ;

     Borrowed from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere "to link up, join, add, attach" {mat|adjoin|};

    [Adjective]  | "adjunct" 


    1: as in supplemental, peripheral;



    [Noun]  | "adjunct" 


    1: a person who helps a more skilled person;


      * e.g., " ... serving as an adjunct to the congressional delegation on its fact-finding mission "



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    2: something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment;


      * e.g., " ... you can spend a lot on camera accessories, but this nifty little battery recharger is the one adjunct that will pay for itself "



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     [ "adjunct" ]

    1: Taint, perineum, chode,

      * e.g.,  ... Pay more attention to my adjunct! 

     [ "Adjunct Professor" ]

    1: A cheap, untenured lecturer that teaches for peanuts at a university, naively hoping that they will beat the odds and one day get hired into a tenure-track position.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, did you know that professor Smith is an adjunct professor, and he makes less teaching this class than I did working at Wendy's last summer? What a tool! 

     [ "penilpharyngeal adjunct" ]

    1: An airway adjunct to be used by males on female patients. Contraindications include male patients, animals, relatives, and old ladies. Adjunct is to be inserted all the way into patient's (preferably hot co-ed) throat. If gag reflex is activated, reinsert over and over until warm pleasing lotion coats patients throat resulting in better breathing(patient) and shortness of breath(rescuer).

      * e.g.,  ... That chick at the bar came home to my place and was excited when i gave her the ol penilpharyngeal adjunct complete with throat yogurt. 

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