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Word entry · 9 letters

extrinsic

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"Coming from outside"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɛksˈtɹɪn.zɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceiinrstxStarts with EEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside

Word origin

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”).

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