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abditive

/ˈæb.dɪ.tɪv/

abditive adjective: having the quality of hiding.

Adjective

abditive (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having the quality of hiding
    • There is also a species of wit which may be termed abditive; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.1789, Philip Withers, Alfred's Apology, page 51
    • 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.1882, Edmund R. Clay, The alternative: a study in psychology, page 229

Origin of abditive

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

Questions about abditive

What does abditive mean?
Abditive means having the quality of hiding.
What part of speech is abditive?
Abditive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abditive?
Abditive is pronounced /ˈæb.dɪ.tɪv/.

Words near abditive in the dictionary

  1. Abdiel
  2. Abdinasir
  3. Abdirahman
  4. Abdirahmans
  5. Abdis
  6. abditive
  7. abditories
  8. abditory
  9. ABDL
  10. ABDL'er
  11. ABDL'ers

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