adscititious
adj/ædsəˈtɪʃəs/
Etymology From Latin adscitus, from past participle of adscisco (“admit”).
1
Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
- 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!1843, Thomas Carlyle, “XVII: The Beginnings”, in Past and Present, book 2:
- Derived terms
- adscititiously
- Related terms
- adventitious