accidens
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).
Example Sentences
- "An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]"
- "But, where there is no apparent reason why the attribute should always be found in the individuals of a class, it is called an Accidens."
Etymology
From Latin [Term?].
Origin
- Source language: Latin