adjective · rare

adventitious

adventitious · more adventitious · most adventitious

випадковий

добавочный, внешний, дополнительный, случайный

zufällig, Durchschnitts-

From an external sourceFrom an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.

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/ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/

» A rather adventitious source informed me of his past doings.

Meaning

4 senses

From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
вне́шнийvnéšnij, доба́вочныйdobávočnyj
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
случа́йныйslučájnyj, непреднаме́ренныйneprednamérennyj, вспомога́тельныйvspomogátelʹnyj
Not congenital; acquired.
Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

More definitions

associated by chance and not an integral part

Examples

3 sentences

A rather adventitious source informed me of his past doings.
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His arrivals were always adventitious, leaving others little time to prepare.
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Adventitious roots are those which do not appear in the usual place on a plant.
ruПридаточные корни — это те, которые образуются не в обычном для растения месте.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

from an external source:

accidental, additional, appearing casually:

Origin

From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin

From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns).

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