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(adjective) coming from another source and not inherent or innate / (adjective) arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location

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adventitious



I don’t know if this was deliberate protean behavior à la cornered jackrabbits or if it was simply adventitious.

—p.393 STRIFE (355) by Norman Rush
notable
1 year ago


Hence, adventitious lectures about tale-telling and geometry.

—p.12 Introduction (1) by Thomas Pynchon
uncertain
3 years, 5 months ago


Hulking conifers that sprout adventitious roots high in the canopy that dip back down to feed on the mats of soil accumulating in the vees of their own branches.

—p.141 PATRICIA WESTERFORD (112) by Richard Powers
uncertain
6 years, 6 months ago