abditive
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Latin abditīvus ("removed or separated from"), from abdō ("hide, conceal").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]abditive (not comparable )
- (rare ) Having the quality of hiding
- 1789, Philip Withers, Alfred's Apology , page 51:
- There is also a species of wit which may be termed abditive; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.
- 1882, Edmund R. Clay, The alternative: a study in psychology , page 229:
- Concepts are either abditive or inabditive; the former being those that do, and the latter those that do not, hide the plurality of the kind they symbolise.
- 2004, Michael Sheehan, Words to Wise , page 207:
- The abditive nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest.
Latin
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]abditīve
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