abstersive

English

Alternative forms

abstergent

Etymology

From Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɝː(ɹ).sɪv/
(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɝ.sɪv/, /əbˈstɝ.sɪv/

Adjective

abstersive (comparative more abstersive, superlative most abstersive)

Cleansing; purging; abstergent. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , I.40:
  If he cannot digest a strong and abstersive drug, for to remove his evill, let him at least take a lenitive pill to ease the same.

Translations

cleansing, purging

Catalan: abstersiu
Dutch: zuiverend (nl), reinigend (nl)
Italian: astersivo

Portuguese: abstersivo
Spanish: abstersivo (es)

Noun

abstersive (plural abstersives)

(now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
- (Can we date this quote?), John Milton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate.

References

1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 10

French

Adjective

abstersive

feminine singular of abstersif

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