abstersiveness

English

Etymology

abstersive +‎ -ness

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɝː(ɹ).sɪv.nəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɝ.sɪv.nəs/, /əbˈstɝ.sɪv.nəs/
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Noun

abstersiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being abstersive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstersiveness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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