Pronounced: pruh-PIH-shuhs, adj
Notes: I am familiar with one of the definitions
Yesterday’s word
The word adventious means
- coming from outside: not inherent or native
- happening by chance
- appearing in an unusual or abnormal place
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
As you can see, nothing to do with the word “adventure”. Our word is a variant spelling of adventitious, which comes from the Latin word adventicius (coming from without), which comes from advenire (to arrive), which is made up of ad- (toward) and venire (to come). By the way, this is another word of recent entries that have all of the common vowels in order.
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