accessary noun & adjective. [ǝk'sɛsǝri] LME.
[medieval Latin accessarius, from Latin access-: see ACCESS, -ARY¹.]
A. noun.
1. = ACCESSORY noun 2. LME.

2. = ACCESSORY noun 1. M16.
b. adjective.
1. = ACCESSORY adjective 1. M16-L17.

2. = ACCESSORY adjective 2. L16.

► Etymologically, accessary is the noun and accessory the adjective, but the two have been used interchangeably in English from the beginning. ACCESSORY is now increasingly used in all contexts.

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