Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adscititious

/ædsəˈtɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-sc-i-ti-tious
IPA: /ædsəˈtɪʃəs/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.

Example Sentences

"When the poor man’s integuments, no longer nourished from within, become dead skin, mere adscititious leather and callosity, wearing thicker and thicker, uglier and uglier;[…]— yes then, you may say, his usefulness once more is quite obstructed;[…]it is time that he take to bed, and prepare for departure, which cannot now be distant!"

Etymology

From Latin adscitus, from past participle of adscisco (“admit”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: adscitus

Derived Forms

adscititiously

Frequently Paired Words

adventitious

Rhymes With

delicious suspicious ambitious vicious fictitious nutritious superstitious auspicious pernicious capricious judicious surreptitious

Questions

How do you pronounce adscititious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ædsəˈtɪʃəs/.
What does adscititious mean?: Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
Where does adscititious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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