adj
Meaning 1
touching; adjacent
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, literary
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
attingent
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/əˈtɪn.dʒənt/
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rhymes with -ɪndʒənt
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attingēns (“touching”, passive participle), from Latin attingō (“to touch; to come into contact with”, verb). Further from Latin tangō (“to touch, to grasp”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō and Proto-Indo-European *teh2g-, both verbs of the same meaning.