Associations to the word «Secondhand»

Wiktionary

SECONDHAND, adjective. (of goods) not new; previously owned and used by another
SECONDHAND, adjective. (of a dealer) dealing in such merchandise
SECONDHAND, adjective. Indirect
SECONDHAND, adverb. In a used or previously-owned condition.
SECONDHAND, adverb. Indirectly
SECONDHAND SMOKE, noun. Alternative form of second-hand smoke

Dictionary definition

SECONDHAND, adverb. By indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand".
SECONDHAND, adjective. Derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand".
SECONDHAND, adjective. Previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin