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Adventitious

Adventitious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adventitious? [adj] associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adventitious: accidental \| extrinsic Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adventitious: accessory \| accidental \| additional \| adscititious \| aleatory \| appurtenant \| ascititious \| auxiliary \| casual \| causeless \| chance \| chancy \| circumstantial \| collateral \| conditional \| contingent \| destinal \| dicey \| extra \| fatal \| fatidic \| fluky \| fortuitous \| iffy \| incidental \| indeterminate \| inessential \| nonessential \| occasional \| provisional \| risky \| secondary \| subsidiary \| superadded \| superfluous \| supervenient \| supplemental \| supplementary \| uncaused \| undetermined \| unessential \| unexpected \| unforeseeable \| unforeseen \| unlooked-for \| unpredictable See Also \| Adventitious In Webster's Dictionary \Ad`venti"tious\, a. [L. adventitius.] 1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. --Burke. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots. 3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants. 4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. -- {Ad`venti"tiously}, adv. -- {Ad`venti"tious*ness}, n.

Adventitious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adventitious?

[adj] associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adventitious: accidental | extrinsic

See Also |

Adventitious In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad`ven*ti"tious\, a. [L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental
   or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.

         To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
         adventitious idea of terror, they become without
         comparison greater.                   --Burke.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
   adventitious buds or roots.

3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
   or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
   to foreign plants.

4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --
   {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness}, n.

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