Definitions for: Adventitious


[adj] associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ad`ven*ti"tious, a. [L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental
or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.

To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.

3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.

4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n.

Synonyms: accidental, extrinsic

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