abscond
/əbˈskɑnd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The thieves absconded with our property."
- "[…] that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death."
- "Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; / The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond."
- "The driver had absconded, but both railway and county police were searching for him. Mitchell was arrested in Carlisle on June 9, 1863."
- "You abscond the fuck outta there and find a place to hide."
- "I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man. It's the Romantic in me."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin abs- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin condō Latin abscondōder. Middle French abscondrebor. ▲ Latin abscondōbor. English abscond Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). * Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰeh₁-, abscondre, abscondō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əbˈskɑnd/
- British English: /əbˈskɒnd/