| Front | adscititious \ad-si-TISH-uhs\ |
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| Back | adjective Derived from outside; external; additional. [From Latin adscitus, past participle of adsciscere (to admit or adopt), from ad- (toward) + sciscere (to seek to know), from scire (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skei- (to cut or split) that also gave us schism, ski, and shin.] Dr. Kozak stands in the middle of the adscititious atmosphere and soaks in the effect - Joel Wedel; Siphonophora; iUniverse; 2006 These were significant appendages, to be sure; not altogether adscititious. - Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, 2012 His delineations of character and action, if executed with ability, will have a raciness and freshness about them, which will attest their fidelity, the secret charm, which belongs to truth and nature, and with which even the finest genius cannot invest a system, of adscititious and imaginary manners. - Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Clarence, 2011 |
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