Word of the Day – Intrinsic

Intrinsic (adj)

in-trin-zik

Belonging naturally; essential.

Late 15th century (in the general sense ‘interior, inner’): from French intrinsèque, from late Latin intrinsecus, from the earlier adverb intrinsecus ‘inwardly, inwards’.

Example sentences

“Access to art and literature is intrinsic to a happy and fulfilled life.”