adscititious

English

Etymology

From Latin adscitus, from past participle of adscisco (“admit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ædsəˈtɪʃəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

adscititious (comparative more adscititious, superlative most adscititious)

1. Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, “XVII: The Beginnings”, in Past and Present, book 2:

     When the poor man’s integuments, no longer nourished from within, become dead skin, mere adscititious leather and callosity, wearing thicker and thicker, uglier and uglier; […] — yes then, you may say, his usefulness once more is quite obstructed; […] it is time that he take to bed, and prepare for departure, which cannot now be distant!

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:extrinsic

Derived terms

• adscititiously

 

Related terms

• adventitious