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adscititious

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ad⋅sci⋅ti⋅tious

  [ad-si-tish-uhs]
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–adjective
added or derived from an external source; additional.
Origin:
1610–20; < L a(d)scīt(us) derived, assumed, foreign (ptp. of a(d)scīscī), equiv. to ad- ad- + scī- (s. of scīre to know) + -tus ptp. suffix + -itious

Related forms:
ad⋅sci⋅ti⋅tious⋅ly, adverb
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ad·sci·ti·tious   (ād'sĭ-tĭsh'əs)   
adj.  Not inherent or essential; derived from something outside.

[From Latin adscītus, past participle of adscīscere, to adopt : ad-, ad- + scīscere, to accept, inchoative of scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
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