attingent

[uh-tin-juh nt]

adjective Archaic.

touching; in contact.

Origin of attingent

1570–80; < Latin attingent- (stem of attingēns touching, present participle of attingere), equivalent to at- at- + -ting- (combining form of tang- touch) + -ent- -ent

Related formsat·tin·gence, at·tin·gen·cy, noun