Word of the Day: CONCOMITANT

Goes together

concomitant (adj) - accompanying or associated with; naturally happening with something else; concurrent [kon-kom-i-tuhnt]

BREAKDOWN: CON- (together) + COM- (with) + IT- (go) + -ANT (state of)

• a concomitant is something that happens with something else

See also: ambient

“A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.” —Charles Caleb Colton