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Meaning of ADSCITITIOUS

Pronunciation:  `adsi'tishus

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  added to supplement; "adscititious remarks"
  2. [adj]  added or derived from something outside; not inherent; "an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste"
 

ADSCITITIOUS is a 12 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: added, extrinsic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ad`sci*ti"tious\, a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of
adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to
seek to know, approve, scire to know.]
Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
``Adscititious evidence.'' --Bowring. --
{Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly}, adv.
 

 

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