ad·sci·ti·tious 
(ăd′sĭ-tĭshəs)
(ăd′sĭ-tĭshəs)adj.
Not inherent or essential; derived from something outside.
[From Latin adscītus, past participle of adscīscere, to adopt : ad-, ad- + scīscere, to accept, inchoative of scīre, to know; see skei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]