'Secondhand' definitions:
Definition of 'secondhand'
(from WordNet)
adverb
By indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"
adjective
Derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand"
adjective
Previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" [syn: secondhand, used]
Definition of 'Secondhand'
From: GCIDE
- Secondhand \Sec"ond*hand`\, a.
- 1. Not original or primary; received from another; as, secondhand information. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not new; already or previously possessed or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment. [1913 Webster]
- At second hand. See Hand, n., 10. [1913 Webster]