adscititious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- adscititiously adverb
Etymology
Origin of adscititious
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
Example Sentences
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The girls ticked off aquarellist, staphylococcic, gracilescent, adscititious, eupraxia, argillaceous, autochthan and umbelliferous.
From Time Magazine Archive
All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
The Epicheirema is called Single or Double, says Hamilton, according as an "adscititious proposition" attaches to one or both of the premises.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
He that shall solicit the favour of his patron by praising him for qualities which he can find in himself, will be defeated by the more daring panegyrist who enriches him with adscititious excellence.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
Now, the parenthesis, "as shown by the conformity, etc.," is an adscititious member of an Epicheirema, which may be stated, as a Prosyllogism, thus: If an instance, etc.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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