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corollary.

A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɒˈɹɒləɹi//ˈkɒɹələɹi//ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/US/kɔˈɹoʊˌlɛɹi/Australia
  1. A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.

  2. An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.

    Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.
  3. A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

    We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).

adj/kɒˈɹɒləɹi//ˈkɒɹələɹi//ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/US/kɔˈɹoʊˌlɛɹi/Australia
  1. Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.

    not-comparable
  2. Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).

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