Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adjectitious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-jec-ti-tious
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Added; additional.

Formal

Example Sentences

"An adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a substantive, denotes some quality or accident of the substantive to which it is joined […]"
"Circumstances by which the obligations and rights, as well principal and essential as adjectitious, established by the species of contract in question, are respectively made to cease."
"Such matter is ordinarily either omitted or else inserted in the preamble; but it has here crept on to the end of a section, and appears as an adjectitious thought. It has no effect there which it would not have had if it had been inserted in a preamble or omitted altogether."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiectīcius.

Usage

Formal

Derived Forms

adjectitiously

Frequently Paired Words

adjunct adjunctive

Questions

What does adjectitious mean?: Added; additional.
Where does adjectitious come from?: Borrowed from Latin adiectīcius.

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