adventive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɛntɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɛntɪv/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɛntəv/

Adjective

adventive (comparative more adventive, superlative most adventive)

1. Accidental.
2. Adventitious.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folios 44, verso – 45, recto:

     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. (biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.

Noun

adventive (plural adventives)

1. A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
   • 1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Such interlopers are known as exotics, adventives, or aliens, all terms that may be considered synonymous with "nasty.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “adventive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.vɑ̃.tiv/
• Homophone: adventives

Adjective

adventive

1. feminine singular of adventif