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adventitious

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVENTITIOUS

a.[L. adventitius, from advenio. See Advent. ] Added extrinsically; accidental; not essentially inherent; casual; foreign.
Diseases of continuance get an adventitious strength from custom.

 

ADVENTITIOUSLY

adv. Accidentally.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADVENTITIOUS

Ad `ven *ti "tious, a. Etym: [L. adventitius.]

 

1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke.

 

2. (Nat. Hist. )

 

Defn: Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

 

4. (Med. )

 

Defn: Acquired, as diseases; accidental. -- Ad `ven *ti "tious *ly, adv. -- Ad `ven *ti "tious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adventitious

ad ven ti tious |ˌadvenˈtiSHəs ˈˌædˌvɛnˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature: my adventures were always adventitious, always thrust on me. • coming from outside; not native: the adventitious population. • Biology formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position: propagation of sour cherries by adventitious shoots. • Botany (of a root ) growing directly from the stem or other upper part of a plant. DERIVATIVES ad ven ti tious ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin adventicius ‘coming to us from abroad ’ (from advenire ‘arrive ’) + -ous (see also -itious 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

adventitious

adventitious |ˌadv (ə )nˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature: adventitious similarities. • coming from outside; not native: the adventitious population. • Biology formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position: adventitious lobes may appear between the primaries. • Botany (of a root, shoot, etc. ) produced in an unusual part of a plant. DERIVATIVES adventitiously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin adventicius ‘coming to us from abroad ’ (from advenire ‘arrive ’) + -ous (see also -itious 2 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adventitious

adventitious adjective he felt that the conversation was not entirely adventitious: unplanned, unpremeditated, accidental, chance, fortuitous, serendipitous, coincidental, casual, random. ANTONYMS premeditated. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See accidental . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adventitious

adventitious adjective 1 he felt that the conversation was not entirely adventitious: unplanned, unpremeditated, accidental, unintentional, unintended, unexpected, unforeseen, involuntary, chance, fortuitous, serendipitous, coincidental, casual, random, fluky, unlooked-for, unhoped-for, not bargained for, out of the blue, without warning; rare aleatory. ANTONYMS planned. 2 some rural parishes recorded high adventitious populations: foreign, alien, non-native, outside, external, extraneous, extrinsic. ANTONYMS native, indigenous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adventitious

ad ven ti tious /æ̀dv (ə )ntɪ́ʃəs /〖原義は 2 〗形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 偶発的な, 偶然の (accidental ).2 外来の, 本来のものでない .3 〘植 生物 〙〈根 葉 芽などが 〉異常な場所に発生した .4 〘法 〙〈財産が 〉 (直接相続でなく )偶然得た .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞