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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley