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August 31, 2019 adventitious [ad-vuhn-tish-uhs] adjective 1. associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic. slang The Greatest Language Hits Of Black Music ways-to-say 11 Unique Words Or Phrases For Wedding Vows And Toasts WORD OF THE DAY adventitious continued... QUOTES It is not founded on organic strength, the delicate, ennobling mark of a good endowment, of sound blood and a sound character, but is in a curious way something adventitious, accidental, perhaps even usurped or stolen. -- Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, 1969 ORIGIN Adventitious comes from the Medieval Latin adjective adventītius, from Latin adventīcius "coming from without, from abroad, foreign, external, made or happening by chance, casual." Adventīcius is a derivative of the verb advenīre "to come to, arrive at, reach" (formed from the preposition and prefix ad, ad- "to, toward" and the simple verb venīre "to come, be on the way, approach") and the suffix -īcius, used for forming adjectives from the past participle stems of verbs (here, advent- from adventum). The zoological or botanical sense "appearing in an abnormal or unusual position or place, as a root" dates from the second half of the 17th century. Adventitious dates from the early 17th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 These Are The Most Misspelled Words On Dictionary.com Have you ever typed a word into Dictionary.com just to see how it's spelled? Yup, us too. Here are the most misspelled words so far for 2019. 2 How The Letter "X" Creates More Gender-Neutral Language As our understanding of gender expands from the binary of male and female to include intersex, nonbinary, and transgender people, we are exploring new ways of describing gender identity and expression—and the letter X has the power to help. 3 What Word Is Your State Looking Up On Father's Day? Here are the search terms that trended in each state for Father's Day, 2018. And, compared to our moms, the words tell a very different tale. 4 We Interrupt Your Omphaloskepsis With This Week's Quiz! Do you have a favorite dvandva? Find out with this week's Word of the Day Quiz! 5 Test Your Vocab With This Week's Word Of The Day Quiz! July 15–21, 2019: There's no remora here ... this week's Word of the Day quiz is up and ready for ya. It's time to elevate your vocabulary. Ready? Go! © 2019 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: vforlsnet.rpost@blogger.com Subscriber since: March 05, 2019 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 400 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy