adscititious

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Those who were not satisfied with the dead-body theory contented themselves, like Dr. More, with that of "adscititious particles," which has, to be sure, a more metaphysical and scholastic flavor about it.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell

The Single Epicheirema is said to be of the First Order, if the adscititious proposition attach to the major premise; if to the minor, of the Second Order.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive

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

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares