Meanings
adjectivesubventitious (comparative more subventitious, superlative most subventitious)
comparative more subventitious · superlative most subventitious
- obsoletehelping; aiding; supporting
Monsieur Cuckoldry should never 1 be favourable nor propitious to them , -- that he should never help , aid , supply , succour , nor grant them any subventitious furtherance, auxiliary , suffrage , or adminiculary assistance
1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais
Cite this entry
APA
subventitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subventitious
MLA
“subventitious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subventitious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subventitious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subventitious.
Source: subventitious on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.