adscititious

[ ad-si-tish-uhs ]

adjective

1. added or derived from an external source; additional.

adscititious

/ ˌædsɪˈtɪʃəs /

adjective

1. added or supplemental; additional

Derived Forms

• ˌadsciˈtitiously, adverb

Other Words From

• adsci·titious·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of adscititious¹

1610–20; < Latin a ( d ) scīt ( us ) derived, assumed, foreign (past participle of a ( d ) scīscī ), equivalent to ad- ad- + scī- (stem of scīre to know) + -tus past participle suffix + -itious

Word History and Origins

Origin of adscititious¹

C17: from Latin adscītus admitted (from outside), from adscīscere to admit, from scīscere to seek to know, from scīre to know

Example Sentences

The loss of this adscititious adminicle would make the sage's impeccable, but lugubrious bosom vibrate with the horrors of dilution and dereliction.

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These were significant appendages, to be sure; not altogether adscititious.

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The Single Epicheirema is said to be of the First Order, if the adscititious proposition attach to the major premise; if to the minor, of the Second Order.

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All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone.

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Antonyms: subtraction, deduction, detraction. additional, a. supplemental, adscititious, supplementary. addle, v. muddle, confuse; spoil, rot. address, n. discourse, speech, lecture, oration, allocution; direction, superscription, delivery.

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