adscititious
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
— When the poor man’s integuments, no longer nourished from within, become dead skin, mere adscititious leather and callosity, wearing thicker and thicker, uglier and uglier;[…]— yes then, you may say, his usefulness once more is quite obstructed;[…]it is time that he take to bed, and prepare for departure, which cannot now be distant!
词源
From Latin adscitus, from past participle of adscisco (“admit”).
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