Dictionary entry

ADVENTITIOUS

Webster's Dictionary 1828

ADVENTI'TIOUS, adjective [Latin adventitius, from advenio. See Advent.]

Added extrinsically; accidental; not essentially inherent; casual; foreign.

Diseases of continuance get an adventitious strength from custom.

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