adventitious

ad·ven·ti·tious

adj \ˌad-(ˌ)ven-ˈti-shəs, -vən-\

Definition of ADVENTITIOUS

1

: coming from another source and not inherent or innate <a Federal house without adventitious later additions>

2

: arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location <adventitious roots>

— ad·ven·ti·tious·ly adverb

Examples of ADVENTITIOUS

1. <the point of view that art should be for art's sake and that moral considerations are adventitious to the study of art>

Origin of ADVENTITIOUS

Latin adventicius

First Known Use: 1603

Related to ADVENTITIOUS

Synonyms: accidental, extrinsic, alien, extraneous, external, foreign, supervenient

Antonyms: inherent, innate, intrinsic

Related Words: exterior, outside; immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant; nonessential, unessential, unnecessary

Near Antonyms: congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred; inside, interior, internal; basic, essential, necessary

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Rhymes with ADVENTITIOUS

adscititious, avaricious, cementitious, expeditious, inauspicious, injudicious, meretricious, Red Delicious, repetitious, subreptitious, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious