paraphernalia

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.
  2. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Objects that a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌpæɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin paraphernālia (“goods which a wife brings over and above her dowry”), use as noun (short for paraphernālia bona (“paraphernal goods”)) of neuter plural of paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), from Ancient Greek παράφερνα (parápherna), a compound of παρά (pará, “beside”) + φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”). In the propertied classes, a dowry was placed under the control of the husband, while the paraphernalia which she brought with her remained the wife’s property.

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