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Anything your body grew that it didn't strictly need a second opinion on.
means Something attached to a larger or more important main part, like a limb, tail, or minor addition.
from From Latin 'appendere' meaning 'to hang upon' — the same root that gave us 'append' and 'pendant.' The 'pend' part is the key: it's related to things that hang or dangle, like a pendulum swinging from a fixed point. An appendage, etymologically, is just something hanging off the main business.
- etymology
- from latin appendere, to hang onto
- evolutionary note
- appendix is one, badly
- common slang use
- euphemism doing a lot of lifting
- biology fact
- wings, tails, and arms all qualify