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

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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