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Dec 4, 2007
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Miscellaneous words

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vilipend
adscititious
interpellate
serotine
superficies

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adscititious

(ad-si-TISH-uhs) Pronunciation Sound Clip

adjective: Derived from outside; external; additional.

[From Latin adscitus, past participle of adsciscere (to admit or adopt), from ad- (toward) + sciscere (to seek to know), from scire (to know). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skei- (to cut or split) that also gave us schism, ski, and shin.]

"Dr. Kozak stands in the middle of the adscititious atmosphere and soaks in the effect."
Joel Wedel; Siphonophora; iUniverse; 2006.

See more usage examples of adscititious in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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