adscititious

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The girls ticked off aquarellist, staphylococcic, gracilescent, adscititious, eupraxia, argillaceous, autochthan and umbelliferous.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, the parenthesis, "as shown by the conformity, etc.," is an adscititious member of an Epicheirema, which may be stated, as a Prosyllogism, thus: If an instance, etc.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

These were significant appendages, to be sure; not altogether adscititious.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

He that shall solicit the favour of his patron by praising him for qualities which he can find in himself, will be defeated by the more daring panegyrist who enriches him with adscititious excellence.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

The Epicheirema is called Single or Double, says Hamilton, according as an "adscititious proposition" attaches to one or both of the premises.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth