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View synonyms for adscititious
adscititious
[ ad-si-tish-uhs ]
adjective
- added or derived from an external source; additional.
adscititious
/ ˌædsɪˈtɪʃəs /
adjective
- added or supplemental; additional
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Derived Forms
- ˌadsciˈtitiously, adverb
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Other Words From
- adsci·titious·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adscititious1
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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
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Example Sentences
We rob them of their amusing but adscititious qualities; we make them utterly uninteresting to precisely 99.99 per cent.
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Apropos of this 'supererogatory and adscititious' prohibition.
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Adscititious, ad-sit-ish′us, adj. added or assumed: additional.
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These were significant appendages, to be sure; not altogether adscititious.
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All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone.
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