adscititious
adjective | /adscititious/
Added or attached from an external source; supplementary rather than original.
adscititious
adjective | /adscititious/
Advanced WordsVERY HARDAdded or attached from an external source; supplementary rather than original.
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"The editor removed several adscititious passages from the manuscript. Means: The editor removed passages that had been added from outside the original text."
"The theory includes adscititious details that do not affect its central claim. Means: The theory contains extra details that are not essential to its main argument."
Mnemonic Trick
Adscititious begins with “ad-,” suggesting something added to an existing thing.
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