"Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated. rare after 18th cent", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Fielding (1707–1754), author and magistrate. From classical Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, present participle of adhaerēscere to stick, adhere, or become attached (to), to stick close (to a person or place) from adhaerēre + -ēscere.[adherescent etymology, adherescent origin, 英语词源]