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
Those who were not satisfied with the dead-body theory contented themselves, like Dr. More, with that of "adscititious particles," which has, to be sure, a more metaphysical and scholastic flavor about it.
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
The loss of this adscititious adminicle would make the sage's impeccable, but lugubrious bosom vibrate with the horrors of dilution and dereliction.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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
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.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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