extrinsic

English

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Etymology

From French extrinsèque, from Latin extrinsecus (“from without, without, on the outside”), from *extrim, an assumed adverbial form of exter (“outer, outward”) + seccus (“by, on the side”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛks.ˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

Adjective

extrinsic (comparative more extrinsic, superlative most extrinsic)

  1. external; separable from the thing itself; inessential
  2. not belonging to something; outside

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Further reading

  • extrinsic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • extrinsic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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