adscriptitious

adjective

ad·​scrip·​ti·​tious

¦adz-ˌ¦krip-¦ti-shəs

: adscript sense 1

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin adscriptitius, adscripticius (in adscriptitius glebae attached to the soil), from Late Latin adscripticius enrolled, from Latin adscriptus, ascriptus

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined above

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