Associations to the word «Adventitious»
Noun
- Material
- Pride
- Climb
- Wealth
- Principle
- Removal
- Protein
- Bacterium
- Charm
- Tree
- Produce
- Growing
- Form
- Branch
- Surface
- Assistance
- Absence
- Presence
- Preparation
- Grass
- Freedom
- Quality
- Phase
- Biology
- Characteristic
- Body
- Fig
- Consequence
- Phenomenon
- Pro
- Existence
- Acid
- Manufacturing
- Product
- Ability
- Species
- Expression
- Factor
- Seed
- Leave
- Dna
- Experiment
- Glass
- Composition
- Laboratory
- Spread
- Origin
- Cap
- Risk
- Condition
- Definition
- Index
- Animal
- Desire
- Transfer
- Concentration
- Matter
Adjective
Wiktionary
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. (genetics) (medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
Dictionary definition
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. Associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.