# adjunct

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/ · frequency rank #19,516

## Definitions
1. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
2. A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
3. Ellipsis of adjunct professor.
4. An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
5. A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
6. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
7. A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.
8. A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).
9. A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
10. Symploce.
11. One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.

## Etymology
From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

## Easily confused with
- **adjust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adjunct-vs-adjust)

## Common misspellings (11)
`addjunct`, `adjjunct`, `adjnuct`, `adjucnt`, `adjuncct`, `adjunctt`, `adjunnct`, `adjuntc`, `adujnct`, `ajdunct`, `dajunct`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adjunct