Meaning

3 senses
  1. Accidental.

  2. Of a plant: not native, but introduced by humans to a place and since naturalized.

    not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized

  3. (archaic)Adventitious.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin adventīvus, from adveniō (“to come (to)”) + -īvus (verbal-adjective su

Borrowed from Latin adventīvus, from adveniō (“to come (to)”) + -īvus (verbal-adjective suffix).

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Forms

more adventive, most adventive
Comparativemore adventive Lesson
Superlativemost adventive Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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