appertinent adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant.September 30, 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to T. Alsopp Nay, those temptations which are foreknown and foreseen as most appertinent to our particular calling, are commonly least dangerous, or even cease to be temptations to a mind forearmed by principles and aspirations like yours. noun1 •(no longer used) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. formsappertinents
