adminicle
noun
ad·min·i·cle
ad-ˈmi-nə-kəl,
əd-
plural -s
1
: support, auxiliary
to serve as an adminicle of the senate
the adminicles of modern culture
2
[Medieval Latin adminiculum, from Latin]
a
law : corroborative or explanatory proof
b
Scots law : any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost document
Word History
Etymology
Latin adminiculum support, prop, perhaps from ad- + -miniculum (from minae pinnacle of a wall + -iculum, diminutive suffix)
First Known Use
1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1