extrinsic
/ɛksˈtɹɪn.zɪk/ adjective, noun
Forms extrinsics extrinsick
- adjective External; separable from the thing itself; inessential.
- adjective Not belonging to something; outside.
- noun An external factor.
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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”) + secus (“by, on the side”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; --opposed to intrinsic.
- adjective Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.
Etymology [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “extrinsic”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details