attingent

attingent

⇒ATTINGENT, ENTE, adj.
Néol. d'aut. Qui touche à, ou se rapporte à. Synon. afférent, attenant :
Que cette étonnante fille eût l'intuition d'une solidarité si absolue que toutes les attingentes idées d'espace, de temps et de nombre en fussent dissipées comme la buée des songes (...) il ne jugeait pas expédient d'y contrevenir...
BLOY, Le Désespéré, 1886, p. 312.
Rem. Absent des dict. gén. de la documentation.
ÉTYMOL. ET HIST. — 1886 « qui touche à, qui est proche de », supra.
Empr. au lat. attingens, part. prés. de attingere « toucher à, être proche de, atteindre » (PLINE, Nat. deor., 2, 135 ds TLL s.v., 1145, 9), v. atteindre.

attingent, ente [atɛ̃ʒɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adj.
ÉTYM. 1886, Bloy; lat. attingens, p. prés. de attingere « toucher à, atteindre ». → Atteindre.
Littér., rare (latinisme). Qui touche à. 1. Afférent, attenant.

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