adventitious

Meaning

1. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
2. Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
3. Not congenital; acquired.
4. Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

Synonyms

accidental

chance

🎲

random

casual

accessory

secondary

incidental

ancillary

appurtenant

adjunct

stray

fortuitous

haphazard

occasional

circumstantial

provisional

scratch

side

sporadic

subsidiary

support

temporary

unassigned

unexpected

variable

unforseen

ad hoc

adventive

arbitrary

auxiliary

beneficial

coincidental

contingent

episodic

helpful

helping

impermanent

indefinite

indeterminate

momentaneous

Translations

adventice

adventicio

auxiliaire

accidental

bijkomstig

adventici

fortuit

accessoire

bijkomend

accidentel

secondaire

acquis

bijbehorend

akzessorisch

nebensächlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns).