ADSCITITIOUS

a.[L. ascititius, from adscisco, ascisco, to add or join. ] Added; taken as supplemental; additional; not requisite.

ADSCITITIOUS

n.[L. adstrictio, astrictio, of ad and stringo, to strain or bind fast. See Strict. ] A binding fast. Among physicians, the rigidity of a part of the body, occasioning a retention of usual evacuations; costiveness; a closeness of the emunctories; also the styptic effects of medicines.

ADSCITITIOUS

Ad `sci *ti "tious, a. Etym: [L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere,asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know. ]

adscititious

ad sci ti tious |ˌadsiˈtiSHəs ˈˌædsəˈˌtɪʃəs | ▶adjective rare forming an addition or supplement; not integral or intrinsic. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin adscit- ‘admitted, adopted, ’ from adsciscere, + -itious 1, on the pattern of adventitious .

adscititious

adscititious |ˌadsɪˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective archaic forming an addition or supplement; not integral. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin adscit- ‘admitted, adopted ’, from adsciscere, + -itious 1, on the pattern of adventitious .