adventitious
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adventitious
- /ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/
- /ˌæd.vɛnˈtɪʃ.əs/
Where it comes from
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).
adjective more adventitious · most adventitious · adventicious
- From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
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Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
In a triad of verbs that admits nothing adventitious, Judah sees, takes, and lies with a woman; […]
Similar: accidental, spontaneous, sporadic, incidental, coincidental, fortuitous, serendipitous, accidentary, adventitious, by accident, by the by, casual
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Not congenital; acquired.
Similar: acquired
- 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;
Translations
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adj from an external source
| Español | adventicio |
|---|---|
| Português | adventício |
| Français | acquis, adventice, exogène |
| Italiano | esogeno |
| Русский | вне́шний vnéšnij, доба́вочный dobávočnyj |
adj accidental, additional, appearing casually
| Español | adventicio |
|---|---|
| Português | adventício |
| Français | adventice, aléatoire |
| Italiano | aleatorio |
| Русский | случа́йный slučájnyj, непреднаме́ренный neprednamérennyj, вспомога́тельный vspomogátelʹnyj, доба́вочный dobávočnyj, дополни́тельный dopolnítelʹnyj |
| العربية | عَرْضِيّ ʕarḍiyy |
adj biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source
| Español | adventicio |
|---|---|
| Português | adventício |
| Français | ectopique, auxiliaire, adventice |
| Italiano | ectopico, ausiliario, avventizio |
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