nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: today Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”). Pronunciation: /tʊˈdeɪ/, /təˈdeɪ/, [tʰəˈɾeɪ], [tʰʊˈɾeɪ], [tʰʉɾeɪ] 1. On the current day or date. Labels: not-comparable Example: I want this done today. Example: Today, my brother went to the shops. 2. In the current era; nowadays; these days. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 3. On the day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days.
Word: today Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”). Pronunciation: /tʊˈdeɪ/, /təˈdeɪ/, [tʰəˈɾeɪ], [tʰʊˈɾeɪ], [tʰʉɾeɪ] 1. The current day or date. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all. Example: We could've spent today at the seaside if it weren't gusty. 2. The 24-hour period beginning at 5 or 6 a.m. or sunrise of the current day. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 3. The present era; nowadays. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is the sporty jacket for today's modern man on the go. Example: The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
Word: today Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”). Pronunciation: /tʊˈdeɪ/, /təˈdeɪ/, [tʰəˈɾeɪ], [tʰʊˈɾeɪ], [tʰʉɾeɪ] 1. Current; up to date. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's very today. It's what people respond to today. Example: […] she (Françoise Hardy) is so today, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.
Word: y Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ/, /j/, /aɪ/, /i/, /ɪ/ 1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: y Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of year. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly. 2. Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Y7
Word: y Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of why. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang
Word: y Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of yes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: bpd Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of barrels per day. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For now, the Dagang refinery processes locally produced crude from the nearby oilfield with the same name. Its crude throughput was steady in 2006 versus 2005 at about 3.5 million tonnes, 70,000 bpd, said the official.
Word: crude oil Part of Speech: noun 1. Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Further west, in Pembrokeshire, the Esso Petroleum Co. refinery at Milford Haven, opened last November, is designed to berth the world's largest tankers and to process, initially, 4,500,000 tons of crude oil a year.
Word: the Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English the, thy, thi, from Old English þē̆, probably a neuter instrumental form ("by that, thereby")—alongside the more common þȳ and þon—of the demonstrative pronoun sē ("that"). Compare Dutch des te ("the, the more"), German desto ("the, all the more"), Norwegian fordi and Norwegian av di ("because"), Icelandic því (“the; because”), Faroese tí, Swedish ty. Pronunciation: /ðə/, /ði/ [ðɪj], /ðiː/ 1. With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hotter(,) the better. (comma usually omitted in such very short expressions) Example: The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. 2. With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. Example: It was a difficult time, and I’m {none - not any} the wiser for it. 3. Beyond all others. Labels: not-comparable Example: We went the furthest under her leadership. Example: They trusted him the most.
Word: the Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ðə/, /ði/ [ðɪj], /ðiː/ 1. For each; per. Example: valued at half a pound the bushel; paying seven dollars the year interest Example: Next morning I was up at an early hour, to see the market held near the water gate. The beef was excellent: but at the high prices of ten-pence and one shilling the pound; mutton at the same price; fowls a dollar the couple, and showing “more feathers than flesh.”
Word: the Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ðə/, /ði/ [ðɪj], /ðiː/ 1. Early Modern form of thee. Labels: Early, Modern, alt-of Example: Feſtus ſayde with a lowde voyce: Paul / thou arte beſides thy ſilfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.
Word: absent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩t/ 1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Owing to his own illness and then his family's, Ramzi has often been absent from class this month. We will help him catch up with his studies. Example: When they were able to return to the clinic some months later, certain pieces of equipment were absent. 2. Not existing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens. Example: Empathy seemed to be absent from the messages. 3. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. Labels: comparable Example: Tom was there, but he seemed absent and withdrawn. Normally he is quite present [= engaged] during a meeting. Example: What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
Word: absent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩t/ 1. Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there. Labels: with-definite-article Example: The Applause he met with exceeds all belief of the Absent. Example: That very sense of longing, of yearning for the absent, which 'nostalgia' conveys to us now. 2. An absentee; a person who is not there. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: absent Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩t/ 1. In the absence of; without; except. Example: Absent taxes modern governments cannot function. Example: If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
Word: absent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English absenten, from Old French absenter, from Late Latin absentāre (“keep away, be away”). Pronunciation: /æbˈsɛnt/ 1. To keep (oneself) away. Labels: reflexive Example: Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace. Example: If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. 2. To keep (someone) away. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more; 3. Stay away; withdraw. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The iron rule of the plantation, always passionately and violently enforced in that neighborhood, makes flogging the penalty of failing to be in the field before sunrise in the morning, unless special permission be given to the absenting slave. 4. Leave. Labels: rare, transitive 5. To omit. Labels: rare, transitive Example: When we realize that the digitalisation of the image involves - by reducing and even absenting - the role of 'the physical', the 'sensuous' (by reducing and eventually absenting the indexical aspects of the image) […] Example: Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals.
Word: absentaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent. 1. Pertaining to absence. Labels: rare Example: 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. Example: The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate expectations of single site employment.
Word: absentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin absentatio, from Latin absento (“to be absent”). Equivalent to absent + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.sənˈteɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌæb.sɛnˈteɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. The act of absenting oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: absentee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent English -ee English absentee From absent + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/ 1. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. Example: At roll-call there were three absentees. 2. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. Labels: attributive Example: absentee father; absentee landlord; absentee freeholder 3. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. 4. Something that is not present where it might be expected. Example: The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show. 5. Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent. Labels: attributive Example: absentee ballot, absentee property Example: In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms. 6. A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. Labels: UK, historical Example: My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee! 7. A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter. Example: In recent primaries, for example, nearly 4% of absentees were rejected in Philadelphia; 8% in Kentucky; and 20% in parts of New York City.
Word: absenteeism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent English -ee English absentee Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English absenteeism From absentee + -ism. Pronunciation: /æb.sənˈtiːˌɪz.m̩/, /ˌæb.sənˈtiˌɪz.m̩/ 1. The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The value of having in-house medical expertise is that staff with poor attendance records who have difficulty accessing NHS services can receive support from their employer, to help reduce absenteeism brought about by medical conditions. Example: Chronic absenteeism, for example, continues to be a problem despite some improvements. 2. The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: absenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English absenter From absent + -er. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɛn.tɚ/ 1. One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself. Example: […] if many of them that vse the meanes of saluation, shall not bee saued, where shall wilfull Recusants, obstinate absenters, and carelesse contemners of the Word, appeare? Example: 1966, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, Chapter 1, p. 4, It was little to be wondered at, from this account that the country-folk refused to go to the parish church, and chose rather to listen to outed ministers in the fields. But this was not to be allowed, and their persecutors at last fell on the method of calling a roll of the parishioners’ names every Sabbath, and marking a fine of twenty shillings Scots to the name of each absenter.
Word: absenter Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sən.tɚ/ 1. comparative form of absent: more absent Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: absently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent Middle English -ly English -ly English absently From absent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩t.li/ 1. In an absent-minded or abstracted manner. Example: When he is in company he will sit absently muttering over a heap of Arabick, or in a Ciceronian attitude, declaim with all the vehemency of eloquence […] Example: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34, […] his wife, flinging a shawl round her, had come to the outer room and was listening to the man's narrative, her eyes resting absently on the luggage and the drops of rain glistening upon it.
Word: absentment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English absentment From absent + -ment. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɛntmənt/ 1. The state of being absent; withdrawal Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: a peregrination, or absentment from the body
Word: absent-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From absent + minded. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/ 1. Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. Example: It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head. Example: His figure was bent in apologetic protest. "I ask a thousand pardons, sir," he said; "I am really so very absent-minded."
Word: absentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English absentness From absent + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩t.nəs/ 1. The quality of being absent-minded. Labels: uncountable
Word: absey-book Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.siː bʊk/, /ˈeɪb.siː bʊk/ 1. An ABC book; a primer. Labels: obsolete Example: And then comes answer like an Absey book
Word: absinth Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sɪnθ/ 1. Alternative form of absinthe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: absinthate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From absinth + -ate. 1. A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
Word: absinthial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English absinth Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English absinthial From absinth + -ial. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɪnθiəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: absinthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English absinth Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English absinthian From absinth + -ian. 1. Of the nature of wormwood. Example: Tempering absinthian bitterness with sweets 2. Of or pertaining to absinthe. Example: The dim cavernous light depressed him, and the fish gaping and staring sluggishly in the tanks of absinthian green […] Example: The unfortunate dog will, dur- during ten minutes, have had an attack of intoxication and absinthian epilepsy ; but at the end of an hour he will have recovered completely.
Word: absinthiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin absinthium: compare absinthiatus. 1. To impregnate with wormwood.
Word: absinthiated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of absinthiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: absinthiated Part of Speech: adj 1. Impregnated with wormwood. Example: absinthiated wine Example: Bartholin mentions a woman whose milk was become absinthiated, and rendered as bitter as gall, by the too liberal use of wormwood.
Word: absinthic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English absinth Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English absinthic From absinth + -ic. 1. Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: absinthin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin absinthium + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈæbˌsɪn.θɪn/ 1. The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄ Labels: uncountable
Word: absinthism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion)bor. Latin absinthiumder. Middle French absintheder. English absinthe Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English absinthism From absinthe + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sənˌθɪz.m̩/ 1. The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe. Labels: uncountable
Word: absinthium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English absinthium, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). Doublet of absinthe. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɪn.θi.m̩/ 1. Common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant. Labels: uncountable 3. absinthe oil Labels: uncountable
Word: absis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sɪs/ 1. Alternative spelling of apsis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: absist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”). Pronunciation: /əbˈsɪst/, /æbˈsɪst/ 1. To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist. Labels: obsolete Example: 1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World. They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war.
Word: absistence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From absist + -ence. 1. A standing aloof Labels: obsolete
Word: absolutely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From late Middle English absolutly, equivalent to absolute + -ly. First attested in 1425. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌl(j)uːt.li/, /ˌæb.səˈl(j)uːt.li/, /ˈap.səˌlʉʊt.lɪi/, /ˌap.səˈlʉʊt.lɪi/, /ab-/ 1. In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly. 2. Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors. Example: Another characteristic of numbers, which does not concern their mutual relations so much as themselves absolutely, is their ability, according to the ideas of Nicomachus, to conform to geometrical arrangements. 3. As an intensive: extremely, very, indeed. Example: But when it came to posing for publicity pictures they proved absolutely brilliant doing just what came naturally. Example: The strength of the mouse is absolutely spectacular for various kinds of issues, until you find out that the mouse has absolutely no extracellular matrix to speak of in his optic nerve head.
Word: absolutely Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From late Middle English absolutly, equivalent to absolute + -ly. First attested in 1425. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌl(j)uːt.li/, /ˌæb.səˈl(j)uːt.li/, /ˈap.səˌlʉʊt.lɪi/, /ˌap.səˈlʉʊt.lɪi/, /ab-/ 1. Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement. Example: Is Bob a good teacher? Absolutely! Example: Do you want a free cookie with that coffee? Absolutely!
Word: absoluteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin se- Latin luō Latin solvō Latin absolvōder. Latin absolūtusder. Middle French absolutder. Middle English absolut English absolute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English absoluteness From absolute + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈab.sə.luːt.nəs/, /ab.səˈluːt.nəs/, /ˈæb.səˌlut.nəs/ 1. The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 2. The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: the absoluteness of his sovereignty, the absoluteness of his convictions 3. Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I know no man that could produce more parts, both naturall and artificiall, fit to preserve his masterie, and to maintaine his absolutenesse, than he doth; yet is hee cleane falne from them like a childe. 4. The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Independent autonomy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: absolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English absolucion, absolucioun, from Old French absolution, from Latin absolūtiōnem, accusative singular of absolūtiō (“acquittal”), from absolvō (“absolve”). See also absolve. Pronunciation: /æb.səˈljuː.ʃn̩/, /ˌæb.səˈl(j)u.ʃn̩/ 1. An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Governments granting absolution to the nation. Example: The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution. 5. An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. Delivery, in speech. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: the words are chosen , their sound ample , the composition full , the absolution plenteous
Word: absolutism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute + -ism, based after French absolutisme. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪz.m̩/, /ˈæb.sə.ljuː.tɪz.m̩/, /ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪz.m̩/, /ˈæb.səˌljuˌtɪz.m̩/ 1. Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation. Example: As absolutism became more consolidated in Europe, and particularly in France, such nonabsolutist states tended to define themselves in opposition to their absolutist rivals: hence, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence. 3. Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Positiveness; the state of being absolute. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.
Word: absolutist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/, /ˈæb.səˌljuː.tɪst/, /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/ 1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. 2. One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. Example: the unitarian — whether materialist, idealist, or absolutist Example: When absolutists reject humanism because they feel it to be untrue, that means that the whole habit of their mental needs is wedded already to a different view of reality, in comparison with which the humanistic world seems but the whim of a few irresponsible youths. 3. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. Example: The billionaire tech mogul, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, introduced a new red line this week after he claimed that a car carrying one of his children was accosted by a “crazy stalker.”
Word: absolutist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌluː.tɪst/, /ˈæb.səˌljuː.tɪst/, /ˈæb.səˌlu.tɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising. Example: The best and the worst features of the communal regime are illustrated in the resistance of the Lombard cities to Frederic Barbarossa, the first Emperor who formulated and applied to Italy a scheme of absolutist government.
Word: absolutistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin se- Latin luō Latin solvō Latin absolvōder. Latin absolūtusder. Middle French absolutder. Middle English absolut English absolute Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English absolutistic From absolute + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪs.tɪk/ 1. Alternative form of absolutist Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: absolutory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“absolve”). Pronunciation: /æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution. Example: Finally, in the self-absolutory strategy, a negative past is seen to have produced a negative present.
Word: absolvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English absolve Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English absolvable From absolve + -able. Pronunciation: /æbˈzɑlv.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɑlv.ə.bl̩/ 1. That may be absolved. Labels: not-comparable
Word: absolvatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From absolve + -atory. 1. Conferring absolution; absolutory.
Word: absolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɒlv/, /æbˈzɑlv/, /-ˈsɑlv/, /əbˈ-/, /-ˈsɔlv/ 1. To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). Labels: transitive Example: You will absolve a subject from his allegiance. Example: Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. 2. To resolve; to explain; to solve. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 331-332, […] he that can monsters tame, laboures atchive, riddles absolve […] Example: we ſhall not abſolve the doubt. 3. To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. Labels: transitive Example: A Heretic may see the truth and seek redemption. He may be forgiven his past and will be absolved in death. A Traitor can never be forgiven. A Traitor will never find peace in this world or the next. There is nothing as wretched or as hated in all the world as a Traitor. 4. To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. Labels: transitive Example: Abſolves the juſt, and dooms the guilty ſouls. 5. To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. Labels: transitive Example: To make confession and to be absolved. 6. To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. Labels: transitive Example: In his name I abſolve your perjury and ſanctify your arms: follow my footſteps in the paths of glory and ſalvation; and if ſtill ye have ſcruples, devolve on my head the puniſhment and the ſin. 7. To finish; to accomplish. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: and the work begun, how ſoon / Abſolv'd, 8. To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. Labels: transitive
Word: absolvent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“to absolve”). Pronunciation: /æbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /æbˈsɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈsɑlv.n̩t/ 1. Absolving. Labels: rare Example: Patriotism, hounded-on by Prussian Terror, by Preternatural Suspicion, roars tumultuous round the Salle de Manége^([sic]), all day; insults many leading Deputies, of the absolvent Right-side[.]
Word: absolvent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“to absolve”). Pronunciation: /æbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /æbˈsɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈsɑlv.n̩t/ 1. An absolver. Labels: rare
Word: absolver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English absolve Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English absolver From absolve + -er. Pronunciation: /æbˈzɑl.vɚ/, /əbˈzɑl.vɚ/ 1. Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. Labels: agent, form-of Example: […] how hast thou the heart, Being a divine, a ghostly confessor, A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d, To mangle me with that word ‘banished’? Example: […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […]
Word: absonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ab- + sonant, from Latin sonans (“sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sə.nn̩t/, /ˈæb.snn̩t/ 1. Discordant; harsh; contrary; unreasonable. Labels: archaic Example: absonant to nature
Word: absonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin absonus, from ab- (“away”) + sonus (“sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sə.nəs/ 1. Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. Labels: obsolete Example: absonous to our reason
Word: absorbability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English absorbability From absorb + -ability. Pronunciation: /əbˌsɔɹb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əbˌzɔɹb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ 1. The state or quality of being absorbable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: absorbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English absorbable From absorb + -able. First attested in the late 18th century. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ə.bl̩/ 1. Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Word: absorbable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English absorbable From absorb + -able. First attested in the late 18th century. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ə.bl̩/ 1. A material that can be absorbed. Example: There is general agreement that nonabsorbable materials are better than absorbables. The most popular materials are polypropylene mesh and PTFE produced as a patch.
Word: absorbedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English absorbed Middle English -ly English -ly English absorbedly From absorbed + -ly. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹb.ɪd.li/, /æbˈzɔɹb.ɪd.li/, /əbˈsɔɹb.ɪd.li/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ɪd.li/ 1. In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged. Example: Michael O’Shea continued absorbedly gazing on the picture, till the welcome smell of a tumbler of Mr. Hoolagan’s whisky suddenly restored him to comparative serenity. Example: Fanny, red-cheeked and bright-eyed from her recent mental struggles, listened interestedly, then intently, then absorbedly.
Word: absorber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English absorber From absorb + -er. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɚ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bɚ/ 1. Something that absorbs. Example: […] these Symptoms are only curred, by such Medicines as correct the Acidity and Acrimony of the Blood, viz. When it most partakes of Acrimony by sweet diaphoretick Decoctions, or some sort of Acids, which dull and take off their corroding Edges, or when they are more Acid, by volatile Salts that carry them off by Sweat or Urine; or by Acid Absorbers, which by correcting the Acidities of the Pancreatick Juice, leave the Ferment of the Liver more predominant […] Example: 1756, Thomas Amory, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Noon, Chapter 36 “Remarks on the delluge,” p. , The swallows especially must do great work in the case, if we take into their number not only very many open gulphs or chasms, the depth of which no line or sound can reach; but likewise the communications of very many parts of the sea, and of many great unfathomable lochs, with the abyss. These absorbers could easily receive what had before come out of them. 2. Something that absorbs. 3. Something that absorbs. 4. A person who absorbs. Example: Old Lady Dacier’s bluntness in speaking of her grandson would have shocked Lady Wathin as much as it astonished, had she been less of an ardent absorber of aristocratic manners. Example: […] since few wanted mosaics any more he had turned to fresco, becoming the greatest absorber and eclectic in Italy. He had learned everything that the earlier fresco painters, from the time of Cimabue, had to teach. 5. A set that, under suitable transformations, can contain any set from a given class within a topological space. Example: By proposition 6.5.4, X is a skeletoid and hence an absorber by theorem 6.5.1. Example: Skeletoids and absorbers play an important role in infinite-dimensional topology. The existence and uniqueness of skeletoids (and absorbers) with respect to certain collections allow one to study completely metrizable infinite-dimensional manifolds by using the technique of compact manifolds, incomplete manifolds by those of complete ones and so on.
Word: absorbing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb English -ing English absorbing From absorb + -ing. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ 1. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. Example: an absorbing pursuit Example: It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh. 2. Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Word: absorbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb English -ing English absorbing From absorb + -ing. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of absorb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: absorbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb English -ing English absorbing From absorb + -ing. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ 1. Absorption.
Word: absorbition Part of Speech: noun 1. Absorption. Labels: rare Example: […] empty into this Valley; but where to place that concurrence of Waters or place of its absorbition, there is no authentick decision.
Word: absorpt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin absorptus, perfect passive participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹpt/, /æbˈzɔɹpt/, /əbˈsɔɹpt/, /əbˈzɔɹpt/ 1. past participle of absorb Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: Absent I ponder, and absorpt in care:
Word: absorpt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin absorptus, perfect passive participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹpt/, /æbˈzɔɹpt/, /əbˈsɔɹpt/, /əbˈzɔɹpt/ 1. absorbed Labels: not-comparable
Word: absorptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English absorptive From absorb + -tive. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/ 1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. Example: In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]
Word: absorptive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English absorptive From absorb + -tive. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/ 1. Any substance that absorbs.
Word: absorptiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English absorptive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English absorptiveness From absorptive + -ness. 1. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. Labels: uncountable
Word: absorptivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English absorptive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English absorptivity From absorptive + -ity. Pronunciation: /æbˌsɔɹpˈtɪvə.ti/, /əbˌsɔɹpˈtɪvə.ti/ 1. The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness. 2. The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface. 3. The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.