corollary
noun
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The Origin and Evolution of Corollary
Not ones to rest on our laurels here in the Word of the Day hothouse, today we are pleased to offer some flowery prose on the history of the word corollary—not because it is rhetorically elegant (though it may be) but because its history is related to flowers. Indeed, the seed of corollary was planted initially by the Latin noun corōlla meaning “small wreath of flowers,” which later bloomed into another Latin noun, corōllārium, referring to a garland given as a reward as well as to a gratuity or an unsolicited payment. Just as one tips their server at the conclusion of a meal, you might think of a modern-day corollary as something that naturally follows or accompanies something else in natural course. The formality of corollary is thanks to its formal roots: the word first figured in logical proofs as a term for a proposition that can be inferred immediately from something that's just been proved—the corollary follows logically as a result of the statement before it.
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Paul Hsieh, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The corollary is that the Palestinian is a personification first and a person second.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
But an underappreciated corollary has been the evaporation of Moscow’s stabilizing security presence in its own backyard.
—Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
Another recurring visual – a newsstand ablaze, orange flames shooting into a dusky sky – provides a stirring corollary to the journalists who describe what their calling has cost them.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Corollary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corollary. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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