abstersive
/æbˈstɝ.sɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "If he cannot digeſt a ſtrong and abſterſive drugge, for to remove his evill, let him at leaſt take a lenitive pill to eaſe the ſame."
- "Therefore it is good, after Purging, to vſe Apozumes, and Broths, not ſo much Opening as thoſe vſed before Purging, but Abſterſiue and Mundifying Cliſters alſo are good to conclude with, to draw away the Reliques of the Humours, that may haue deſcended to the Lower Region of the Body."
- "[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c."
- "[…]the ſtrong abſterſive of ſom heroick magiſtrat[…]"
Etymology
From Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *terh₁-, abstersif, abstersus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æbˈstɝ.sɪv/
- British English: /əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more abstersive (comparative)
most abstersive (superlative)
abstergent (alternative)
abstersives (plural)