abstersion
/æbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Waverley ... was offered the patriarchal refreshment of a bath for the feet ... He was not, indeed, so luxuriously attended upon this occasion as the heroic travellers in the Odyssey; the task of ablution and abstersion being performed, not by a beautiful damsel, trained To chafe the limb, and pour the fragrant oil, but by a smoke-dried skinny old Highland woman, who did not seem to think herself much honoured by the duty imposed upon her..."
Etymology
From Middle English abstersioun, from either Old French or Medieval Latin abstertion, from Latin abstersus, past participle of abstergēo (“to wipe off or away”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: abstersioun, -, abstertion, abstersus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/
- British English: /æbˈstɜː.ʒn̩/