Both Uses of
adjunct
in
Song of Myself
- I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash'd babe, and
am not contain'd between my hat and boots,
And peruse manifold objects, no two alike and every one good,
The earth good and the stars good, and their adjuncts all good.†*adjuncts = things added to another thing, but not essential parts of it
- I am not an earth nor an adjunct of an earth,
I am the mate and companion of people, all just as immortal and
fathomless as myself,
(They do not know how immortal, but I know.)†
Definitions:
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(1)
(adjunct) someone or something added to support, assist, or supplement another -- often in a secondary, temporary, or non-central role
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More specifically, in grammar or linguistics, an adjunct can refer to a part of a sentence that, when removed, will not affect the remainder of the sentence. For example, the sentence "Joan jogged in Central Park on Sunday," has two adjuncts: "in Central Park" and "on Sunday".
The phrases adjunct faculty or adjunct staff can mean both that the employees are in a support role and that they are on temporary assignment.