单词 | adventitious |
释义 | adventitiousadj. 1. Coming from outside or from an external source; added or occurring as a result of an external factor or of chance, rather than by design or inherent nature; extraneous, foreign; incidental. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > coming or operating from outside or extraneous strangec1386 alienate1533 extern1533 unnative1568 extrinsical1578 implanted1595 adventitious1603 intervenient1605 acquired1609 extrinsic1613 foreign1621 extraneous1638 adnate1642 acquisititiousa1652 external1651 adventual1656 forinsecal1658 adventine1755 extranate1856 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1307 That which is extraordinarily adventitious [Fr. debile], unholsome and diseased. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. ix. 143 This decay in the Creatures, ariseth..from an adventicious and externall cause. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 36 An adventitious joy which hath no funde or bottome. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 35 Our Thames..is tainted with an infinite variety of adventitious bodies from the streets. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. viii. 20/2 When a man first strips himself of adventitious wrappages; and sees indeed that he is naked. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xviii. 33 An adventitious population accumulated in Attica. 1926 World's Work Sept. 538/2 This election..will be affected by many adventitious and local conditions. 1939 H. Miller Tropic of Capricorn 13 My adventures were always adventitious, always thrust on me, always endured rather than undertaken. 1995 McGill Jrnl. Med. Spring 84/2 The chest was normal to inspection and percussion, with normal air entry and no adventitious sounds. 2. Law. Of property or money: acquired by gift or some other means, rather than by inheritance from a parent or ancestor. Now rare.Sometimes contrasted with profectitious. ΚΠ 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 17 Estate whither adventitious or bequeathed. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Adventitious, in the Civil Law, is applied to such Goods as fall to a Man, either by mere Fortune, or by the Liberality of a Stranger, or by Collateral Succession... The Word is used in opposition to Profectitious; by which are signified such Goods as descend in a direct Line. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules vi, in tr. Gaius Institutes 373 A dowry is either profecticious, that is, given by the woman's father, or adventicious, given by some other person. 1951 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 33 118 The distinction between adventitious and profectitious property retains some importance. 3. Biology. Formed accidentally or in an abnormal anatomical position; (Botany) (of roots, shoots, etc.) produced in an unusual part of the plant. ΚΠ 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. i. ii. 148 There are also some Spots, or rather Streaks, which are Adventitious; as those in the Leaves of Sonchus. 1793 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. II. §2358 We find a mixture of minute green granulations, which may..be adventitious portions of a Lepraria. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 606/1 Like all adventitious organic products, cicatrices are very readily irritated. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 233 The celebrated Banyan tree, remarkable for the enormous extension of its crown by means of adventitious roots. 1892 Lancet 1 Oct. 772/2 The adventitious finger was well formed and similar to its fellow, with the exception of its attachment. 1907 Jrnl. Hort. & Home Farmer 4 Apr. 307/2 Mr. Chittendon had sent him one [sc. a cyclamen], but in that the adventitious flowers had become well developed. 1960 K. Esau Anat. Seed Plants i. 5 Parenchyma is concerned with photosynthesis,..wound healing, and origin of adventitious structures. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees vii. 147 The roots of palms are peculiar. Firstly, they are adventitious, growing directly from the trunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1603 |
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