adventicious
adventicious is the archaic form of adventitious.
Meaning of adventitious
Adjective
adventitious (comparative more adventitious, superlative most adventitious)
- From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
- Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
- In a triad of verbs that admits nothing adventitious, Judah sees, takes, and lies with a woman; […]1981, Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible”, in The Art of Biblical Narrative, page 6
- Synonyms:
- accidental, spontaneous, sporadic, incidental, coincidental, fortuitous, serendipitous, accidentary, by accident, by the by
- Not congenital; acquired.
- Synonyms:
- 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;1985, R. M. T. Dahlgren, H. T. Clifford, P. F. Yeo, The Families of the Monocotyledons, page 101
Forms of adventicious
| comparative | more adventicious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most adventicious |
Origin of adventicious
From Latin adventīcius.
Questions about adventicious
- What is adventicious the archaic form of?
- Adventicious is the archaic form of adventitious.
Words near adventicious in the dictionary
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