adherescent
/ədˌhɪəˈrɛsnt/ /ˌadhɪəˈrɛsnt/adjective
1Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated. rare after 18th cent.
2 Ancient Greek Grammar. Of a negative particle: modifying the meaning of an adjacent word such that the two words may function as a single lexical unit expressing negation.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Henry Fielding (1707–1754), author and magistrate. From classical Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, present participle of adhaerēscere to stick, adhere, or become attached (to), to stick close (to a person or place) from adhaerēre + -ēscere.
- positive feedback
- positive geotropism
- positive-going
- positive law
- positive logic
- positively
- positive-negative
- positiveness
- positive neutralism
- positive neutralist
- positive neutrality
- positive organ
- positive pole
- positive prescription
- positive pressure
- positive rays
- positive reinforcement
- positive sign
- positive-sum
- positive sum
- positive thinking
- positive transfer
- positive transference
- positive vetting
- positivism