Meanings
- not comparableDerived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
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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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveadded or derived from something outside; not inherent
adjectivesupplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinadscitus
- Englishadscititious
From Latin adscitus, from past participle of adscisco (“admit”).
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adscititious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adscititious
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