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advectitious

advectitious adjective: brought to a place from somewhere else; imported, foreign.

Adjective

advectitious (not comparable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) Brought to a place from somewhere else; imported, foreign.

Origin of advectitious

From Latin advectīcius + -ous.

Questions about advectitious

What does advectitious mean?
Advectitious means brought to a place from somewhere else; imported, foreign.
What part of speech is advectitious?
Advectitious is an adjective.

Words near advectitious in the dictionary

  1. advection fog
  2. advection fogs
  3. advectional
  4. advectionally
  5. advections
  6. advectitious
  7. advective
  8. advectively
  9. advects
  10. advehent
  11. advene

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