Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "adscititious" []

  • Not inherent or essential; derived from something outside. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "adscititious" in a sentence
  • "Accordingly this motion, because it ceases not but when others cease is felt instantly, they deem perpetual and proper, all others adscititious."
  • "Unsatisfied, however, with natural beauty (like the people of all other countries) they strive by adscititious embellishments to heighten attraction, and often with as little success."
  • "All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone."