abstersive

[ ab-stur-siv ]

adjective

Origin of abstersive

1
1400–50; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Medieval Latin abstersīvus, equivalent to Latin absters(us), past participle of abstergēre (see abstergent) + -īvus-ive

Other words from abstersive

  • ab·ster·sive·ness, noun

Words Nearby abstersive

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