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Webster 1913 Edition

Extrinsic

Ex-trin′sic

,
Adj.
[L.
extrinsecus
;
exter
on the outside +
secus
otherwise, beside; akin to E.
second
: cf. F.
extrinsèque
. See
Exterior
,
Second
.]
1.
Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; – opposed to
intrinsic
.
The
extrinsic
aids of education and of artificial culture.
I. Taylor.
2.
(Anat.)
Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; – said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to
intrinsic
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Extrinsic

EXTRIN'SIC

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extrinsic

extrinsic

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Adjective

extrinsic ‎(comparative more extrinsic, superlative most extrinsic)

  1. external, separable from the thing itself, inessential
  2. not belonging to, outside of

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External links

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

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.ˈtrɪn.zɪk/

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