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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|la|en}} {{m|la|abditīvus||removed or separated from}}, from {{m|la|abdō||hide, conceal}}.
From {{der|en|la|abditīvus||removed or separated from}}, from {{m|la|abdō||hide, conceal}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈæb.dᵻ.tɪv/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæb.dɪ.tɪv/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abditive.wav|a=Southern England}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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# {{lb|en|rare}} Having the quality of [[hiding]]
# {{lb|en|rare}} Having the quality of [[hiding]]
#* {{quote-book|title= [https://books.google.com/books?id=SNE7bwAACAAJ Alfred's Apology] | page=51 | year=1789 | author=Philip Withers | passage= There is also a species of wit which may be termed '''abditive'''; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SNE7bwAACAAJ Alfred's Apology]|page=51|year=1789|author=Philip Withers|passage=There is also a species of wit which may be termed '''abditive'''; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.}}
#* {{quote-book|title=[https://books.google.com/books?id=fSUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA229 The alternative: a study in psychology] | year=1882 | page=229 | author = Edmund R. Clay | passage=Concepts are either '''''abditive''''' or ''inabditive''; the former being those that do, and the latter those that do not, hide the plurality of the kind they symbolise.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=[https://books.google.com/books?id=fSUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA229 The alternative: a study in psychology]|year=1882|page=229|author=Edmund R. Clay|passage=Concepts are either '''''abditive''''' or ''inabditive''; the former being those that do, and the latter those that do not, hide the plurality of the kind they symbolise.}}
#* {{quote-book|title=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wDZ0mredOL8C Words to Wise] | year=2004 | page= 207 | author=Michael Sheehan |passage= The '''abditive''' nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wDZ0mredOL8C Words to Wise]|year=2004|page=207|author=Michael Sheehan|passage=The '''abditive''' nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest.}}
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==Latin==
==Latin==


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{la-adj-form|abditīve}}
{{head|la|adjective form|head=abditīve}}


# {{inflection of|abditīvus||voc|m|s|lang=la}}
# {{inflection of|la|abditīvus||voc|m|s}}

[[it:abditive]]
[[mn:abditive]]
[[nl:abditive]]

Latest revision as of 07:29, 2 June 2024

English

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Etymology

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From Latin abditīvus (“removed or separated from”), from abdō (“hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abditive (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having the quality of hiding
    • 1789, Philip Withers, Alfred's Apology, page 51:
      There is also a species of wit which may be termed abditive; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.
    • 1882, Edmund R. Clay, The alternative: a study in psychology, page 229:
      Concepts are either abditive or inabditive; the former being those that do, and the latter those that do not, hide the plurality of the kind they symbolise.
    • 2004, Michael Sheehan, Words to Wise, page 207:
      The abditive nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest.

Latin

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Adjective

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abditīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of abditīvus
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