abditive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæb.dɪ.tɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

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

Adjective

abditīve

1. vocative masculine singular of abditīvus