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subordinary

noun

Etymology

From sub- + ordinary.

  1. derived from ōrdinārius
  2. derived from ordinarius
  3. derived from ordinaire
  4. derived from ordenarie
  5. prefixed as subordinary — “sub + ordinary”

Definitions

  1. Any device that is given less status (typically because it is less common or less simple)…

    Any device that is given less status (typically because it is less common or less simple) than the normal ordinaries.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subordinary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA