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adventitious

adj
/ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns).

  1. derived from adventīcius
  2. borrowed from adventītius — “coming from abroad, extraneous”

Definitions

  1. From an external source

    From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.

  2. Accidental, additional, appearing casually.

    • In a triad of verbs that admits nothing adventitious, Judah sees, takes, and lies with a woman; […]
    • The discovery of the art of making pottery was probably in all cases adventitious, the clay being first used for some other purpose.
    • The adventitious disappearance of those nearer the throne than the duke had, moreover, set tongues awagging.

  3. Not congenital

    Not congenital; acquired.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

      • The Velloziaceae have evolved a woody stem which is covered with a layer of adventitious roots mingled with the fibres of the old leaf sheaths;

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Derived

adventitiously, adventitiousness, nonadventitious, unadventitious

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA