ADJUNCT

I. noun Etymology: Latin ~um, from neuter of ~us, past participle of adjungere Date: 1588 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, an adverb or adverbial (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, 3. an associate or assistant of another, an ~ faculty member at a college or university, adjuvant b, ~ive adjective II. adjective Date: 1594 added or joined as an accompanying object or circumstance, attached in a subordinate or temporary capacity to a staff , ~ly adverb