单词 | adventious |
释义 | adventiousadj. = adventitious adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > non-essential accidental1387 casual1398 incident1523 accidentary?1549 accessarya1555 chanceablea1557 accessory1563 circumstant1583 advenient1594 adventive1605 adventitial1607 circumstantial1608 contingent1628 adventious1633 incidental1644 accessional1646 contingential1647 non-essential1647 extra-essential1667 attachable1798 dividuous1816 inessential1832 peripheral1902 1633 W. Ames tr. J. Calvin in Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. i. 25 God forbad other fire etc. to be used that he might exclude all adventious rites [L. adventitios omnes ritus]. 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw xiii. 104 Rather adventious, or preternatural, then natural. 1781 H. Cowley Belle's Stratagem i. iii. 8 And this in defence of a custom I have heard you execrate, together with all the adventious manners imported by our travell'd gentry. 1838 Farmers' Reg. 1 Jan. 584/2 The cause of the formation of adventious leaf-buds is unknown. 1897 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 18 July 4/2 Here is solid promise of speedy return of prosperity, without taking into account the adventious aid of new gold discoveries in Alaska. 1936 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 10 495 On its dorsal (umbilical) side or flank there are three prominent..almost parallel adventious saddles. 2000 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 182 1332 A viral suspension for clinical trials was produced in Vero cells and found to be free of adventious agents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1633 |
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