Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

absentaneous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ab-sen-ta-neous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to absence.

Example Sentences

"The unfortunate French captain—who by this time retained not even his nightshirt—was hiding in this forest, breast-deep in a creek, along with three other Protestants whose apparel was no less absentaneous."
"The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate expectations of single site employment."
"Owing to the several springs of Big Data, analytical researchers face other issues such as data which contains absentaneous inscriptions and noisy labels."
"[…] Galbraith thinks that making human beings ordinary and absentaneous in the development of the industry is as^([sic]) "the age of doubt"."

Etymology

From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent.

Word Breakdown

Root: absentaneus

Inflected Forms

more absentaneous (comparative) most absentaneous (superlative)

Questions

What does absentaneous mean?: Pertaining to absence.
Where does absentaneous come from?: From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent.

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