Synonyms

adscititious

American

[ad-si-tish-uhs] / ˌæd sɪˈtɪʃ əs /

adjective

added or derived from an external source; additional.

adscititious British

/ ˌædsɪˈtɪʃəs /

adjective

added or supplemental; additional

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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 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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