Adscititious
added or derived from an external source; additional.
Historical Examples
adscititious, ad-sit-ish′us, adj. added or assumed: additional.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
Apropos of this ‘supererogatory and adscititious’ prohibition.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 Various
All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone.
Since Czanne Clive Bell
We rob them of their amusing but adscititious qualities; we make them utterly uninteresting to precisely 99.99 per cent.
Since Czanne Clive Bell
adjective
added or supplemental; additional
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