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Definition: Codicil |
CodicilNoun1. A supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "codicil" was first used: sometime around 1419. (references) |
Etymology: Codicil \Cod"i*cil\, noun. [Latin expression codicillus, diminutive of codex: compare to the French expression codicille. See Code.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Law | A testamentary document which supplements, explains, modifies or substracts from a will bearing an earlier date. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Security | Muniment, title deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter; (compact); charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil. |
Sequel | Noun: sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela; appendage; tail piece, heelpiece; tag, more last words; colophon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Codicil |
| English words defined with "codicil": Codicillary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "codicil": Godwin's Law ♦ to republish, to revive. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Codicil" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (codicil). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Codicil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.55% of the time. "Codicil" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.55% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 31 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
codicil | 37 |
will codicil | 15 |
codicil florida will | 5 |
codicil form | 4 |
codicil sample will | 2 |
codicil will form | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "codicil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | bylae (addition, appendix, rider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bilag (addendum, addition, additive, appendix, rider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bijlage (appendix, rider), appendix (addition, appendix, rider), aanhangsel (accessorie, accessory, addition, appendix, rider, side-issue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aldono (appendix, rider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | codicille, avenant (amendment to contract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zusatz (accessory, addend, addition, additive, add-on, adjunct, admixture, amendment, application, apposition, backing, endorsement, replacement, replenishment, rider, separable element, supplement), kodizill, anhang (addendum, addition, adherents, affix, annex, appendage, appendix, disciples, following, party, schedule, subjoinder, supplement, supporters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κωδίκελλοσ διαθήκη, κωδίκελλοσ, προσθήκη στη διαθήκην. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | záradék (clause, colophon, reservation, rider), toldalék (addendum, affix, annexe, appendage, appendices, appendix, ell, elongation, pendant, tag, tail piece), pótvégrendelet, pótlás (admixture, annex, renewal, replacement, substitution, supplement), módosító záradék, kodicillus, kiegészítés (addition, admixture, affix, amendment, complement, completion, corollary, makeup, refill, resupply, supplement, supplemental), kiegészítő záradék. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | codicillo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遺言補足書 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆい""ほそくしょ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-screeuyn chymnee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odicilcay cláusula adicional, alteração (alteration, change, change-over, disturbance, falsification, gale, gerrymander, modification, permutation, remake, transmutation, trans-shipment, turn, variation). (various references) codicil, adaos (accession, addendum, addition, adjunct, adjunction, admixture, alloy, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, increase, make-weight, rider, rise, schedule, sequel, supplement). (various references) приписка (interlineation). (various references) kodicil, dodatak testamentu. (various references) codicilo. (various references) kodicill. (various references) vasiyetname eki. (various references) кодиціл, доповнення (accompaniment, addenda, adder, addition, adjunct, annex, annexe, appendage, complement, obverse, refill, tail piece), додаток (addendum, adjunct, adjunction, affix, annex, annexe, appendage, appendant, appendix, complement, enclosure, inclosure, object, supplement). (various references) bản bổ sung v o tờ di chúc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | codicillus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "codicil": codicillary, codicils. (additional references) | |
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"Codicil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Capdeuil, Chodacki, cidicil, codcil, codeacil, Codecall, codecil, Codice, codicile, Codicis, codicit, Codisa, codocil, condicio, cordical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "codicil" (pronounced 'Cod"i*cil'): Bow-pencil, Cnidocil, Council, Motacil, Palpocil, Penicil, Perspicil, Peucil, Synocil, Verticil. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-i-i-l-o" | |
-2 letters: colic, dolci, iodic. | |
-3 letters: clod, coil, cold, diol, idol, lido, loci, odic. | |
-4 letters: cod, col, doc, dol, lid, oil, old. | |
-5 letters: do, id, li, lo, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-d-i-i-l-o" | |
+1 letter: cleidoic, codicils. | |
+3 letters: diplococci, epicycloid, glucosidic, glycosidic, leucocidin. | |
+4 letters: acidophilic, codicillary, conciliated, crocidolite, crocodilian, epicycloids, leucocidins, loculicidal. | |
+5 letters: catholicized, claudication, codicologies, coincidental, coincidently, crocidolites, crocodilians, dicarboxylic, dichotically, epicycloidal, molluscicide. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 64 69 63 69 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -.. .. -.-. .. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o d i c i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0064 0069 0063 0069 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37817075697578 |
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