Home › Words › P › paraphernalsparaphernalsparaphernals means synonym of paraphernalia (“married woman’s property besides her dowry”).EtymologyFrom Middle French parapharnelz. By surface analysis, paraphernal + -s. Attested since the early 1500s, whereas the adjective paraphernal since the late 1700s.nounSynonym of paraphernalia (“married woman’s property besides her dowry”).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).