adustiveadj.

Brit.

/əˈdʌstɪv/, U.S.

/əˈdəsdɪv/

Forms: Middle English adustif, Middle English–1500s adustyue, 1500s–1600s adustiue, 1500s–1600s 1900s– adustive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adustivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin adustivus that adusts (a1350 in a British source; 1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin adūst- , past participial stem of adūrere adure v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Old Occitan adustiu (14th cent. in an isolated attestation), Middle French adustif (1549), Spanish adustivo (a1450), Italian adustivo (end of the 14th cent.), all in sense ‘burning, scorching’.

Now rare.

That adusts (adust v.²) or has been adusted; characterized by adustion; burning, scorching. Also figurative.In quot. 1921 probably from dictionary record.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > corrosive or caustic > [adjective]

corrosivec1400

adustive?a1425

mortifying?a1425

caustic1555

ustive1598

corrodent1599

escharotic1628

catheretic1634

pyrotic1634

catheretical1638

escharotical1651

calcineous1660

caustical1676

phagedaenic1702

phagedaenical1725

diabrotic1775

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 64 (MED) With one hote iren, or wiþ A medecene adustyue which wiþ hotnes haþ stipticknez, as calcantum.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 124^v Causez outward forsoþ helpeþ to chaungyng of colourez..for whi adustyue hete [?c1425 Paris brent coloure; L. calor adustivus] & leuyng of bathz..declyneþ to blackenez.

1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xx. f. 66 And the paucitie of the matter of the eyes, doth signifie in the moysture proportioned, the dominion of drinesse and melancholye adust, or a drinesse adustyue.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 505 Gods power shall separate the clarity of fire from the adustive vertue.

1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. ii. 86 The adustive unctuosity of Sulphur..which is easily inflamed.

1921 G. Burgess in Bookman 53 491/1 An autumnal sun..peered through the apertures of the adustive foliage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adustive
释义	adustiveadj. Brit. /əˈdʌstɪv/, U.S. /əˈdəsdɪv/ Forms: Middle English adustif, Middle English–1500s adustyue, 1500s–1600s adustiue, 1500s–1600s 1900s– adustive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adustivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin adustivus that adusts (a1350 in a British source; 1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin adūst- , past participial stem of adūrere adure v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Old Occitan adustiu (14th cent. in an isolated attestation), Middle French adustif (1549), Spanish adustivo (a1450), Italian adustivo (end of the 14th cent.), all in sense ‘burning, scorching’. Now rare. That adusts (adust v.²) or has been adusted; characterized by adustion; burning, scorching. Also figurative.In quot. 1921 probably from dictionary record. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > corrosive or caustic > [adjective] corrosivec1400 adustive?a1425 mortifying?a1425 caustic1555 ustive1598 corrodent1599 escharotic1628 catheretic1634 pyrotic1634 catheretical1638 escharotical1651 calcineous1660 caustical1676 phagedaenic1702 phagedaenical1725 diabrotic1775 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 64 (MED) With one hote iren, or wiþ A medecene adustyue which wiþ hotnes haþ stipticknez, as calcantum. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 124^v Causez outward forsoþ helpeþ to chaungyng of colourez..for whi adustyue hete [?c1425 Paris brent coloure; L. calor adustivus] & leuyng of bathz..declyneþ to blackenez. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xx. f. 66 And the paucitie of the matter of the eyes, doth signifie in the moysture proportioned, the dominion of drinesse and melancholye adust, or a drinesse adustyue. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 505 Gods power shall separate the clarity of fire from the adustive vertue. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. ii. 86 The adustive unctuosity of Sulphur..which is easily inflamed. 1921 G. Burgess in Bookman 53 491/1 An autumnal sun..peered through the apertures of the adustive foliage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1425
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