codicil
/ˈkɒdɪsɪl/
codicil noun: an addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
Noun
codicil (plural codicils)
- An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
- An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
- So insistent was this demand that the Wyandot actually received a codicil to the treaty […]2004, Barbara Alice Mann, “The Greenville Treaty of 1795: Pen-and-Ink Witchcraft in the Struggle for the Old Northwest”, in Bruce E. Johansen, editor, Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and...
- Those loose ends were tied up in a little-understood clarification of Brexit called the Northern Ireland protocol, ratified in January 2020. It looked like a mere codicil three years ago; now it looks like a serious diplomatic blunder that could threaten Britain’s territory and the region’s peace.2023 January 26, Christopher Caldwell, “It’s Anyone’s Guess What Will Happen in Northern Ireland in the Next 12 Weeks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Any appendix or addition.
- If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 378
Verb
codicil (third-person singular simple present codicils, present participle (US) codiciling or (UK) codicilling, simple past and past participle (US) codiciled or (UK) codicilled)
- To add a codicil (to).
codicil meaning in Tamil and Kannada
codicil in Tamil
- உயில் இணைப்பு
codicil in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ, ಅನುಬಂಧ
Forms of codicil
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | codicils |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | codicils |
| present participle US | codiciling |
| present participle UK | codicilling |
| past participle US | codiciled |
| past US | codiciled |
| past participle UK | codicilled |
| past UK | codicilled |
Origin of codicil
Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
Words formed from codicil
Questions about codicil
- What does codicil mean?
- Codicil means an addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
- What is codicil in Tamil?
- Codicil in Tamil is உயில் இணைப்பு. See Codicil meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is codicil?
- Codicil can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce codicil?
- Codicil is pronounced /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/.
- What is the plural of codicil?
- The plural of codicil is codicils.
Words near codicil in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: codicil (page history and authors); codicil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); codicil (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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