adventive

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ədˈvɛntɪv/
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/ədˈvɛntɪv/ · /ədˈvɛntəv/

Definition of adventive

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Accidental.
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adj

  1. Accidental.
  2. (archaic)Adventitious.
    “For Hvmane Knovvledge, Which Concernes the mind, it hath two parts, the one that enquireth of The Svbstance, Or Natvre Of The Sovle Or Mind; The other, that enquireth of the Facvlties Or Fvnctions Thereof: vnto the firſt of theſe, the conſiderations of the Originall of the ſoule, whether it be Natiue or aduentiue; and how farre it is exempted from Lawes of Matter; […]”
  3. Of a plant: not native, but introduced by humans to a place and since naturalized.

noun

  1. A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
    “Such interlopers are known as exotics, adventives, or aliens, all terms that may be considered synonymous with "nasty.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventīvus, from adveniō (“to come (to)”) + -īvus (verbal-adjective suffix).

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