Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-CI-TI'TIOUS
AS-CIT'IC, or AS-CIT'IC-ALAS-CLE'PI-AD
AS-CI-TI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascitus; Low. L. ascititius; from ascisco, to take to or associate.]
Additional; added; supplemental; not inherent or original. Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. – Pope.
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