accidentary

English

Etymology

From accident +‎ -ary.

Adjective

accidentary (comparative more accidentary, superlative most accidentary)

1. (obsolete) Accidental; occurring by chance; occasional. [16th–18th c.]
2. (obsolete) Logically accidental; non-essential. [16th–18th c.]

Synonyms

• (occurring by chance): causeless, incidental, unintentional; see also Thesaurus:accidental

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “accidentary”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.