paraphernalia
noun
[ ˌparəfəˈneɪlɪə ]
• miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.
• "drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvements"
Similar:
equipment,
stuff,
things,
apparatus,
tackle,
kit,
implements,
tools,
utensils,
material(s),
appliances,
rig,
outfit,
accoutrements,
appurtenances,
impedimenta,
miscellaneous articles,
odds and ends,
bits and pieces,
bits and bobs,
trappings,
accessories,
rubbish,
gear,
junk,
the necessary,
traps,
clobber,
gubbins,
odds and sods,
dunnage,
equipage,
Origin:
mid 17th century (denoting property owned by a married woman): from medieval Latin, based on Greek parapherna ‘property apart from a dowry’, from para ‘distinct from’ + pherna (from phernē ‘dower’).
