Associations to the word «Ancillary»

Wiktionary

ANCILLARY, adjective. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.
ANCILLARY, noun. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
ANCILLARY, noun. (archaic) An auxiliary; a subordinate.

Dictionary definition

ANCILLARY, adjective. Furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats