单词 | abditive |
释义 | abditiveadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden dighela1000 dernc1000 wriena1250 privyc1300 unshewedc1386 wrapped1398 quatc1425 tectc1440 blinda1522 coucheda1522 dark1532 lurkingc1540 velated1542 hiddena1547 inclusive1554 concealed1558 secret1559 occult1567 disguised1594 occulted1598 derned1600 shrouded1600 latent1605 abstrused1608 supposed1608 unshown1614 enshielda1616 retruse1623 dissembled1631 researched1636 recondite1649 delitescent1653 larved1654 tected1657 bedilt1660 bosomed1667 inhidden1674 underground1677 abditive1727 secreted1756 unextruded1808 unprotruded1812 undisplayed1822 larvated1832 dissimulated1838 latescent1852 squat1956 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Abditive, hidden. 2. Capable of hiding or concealing; tending to conceal. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Abditive, having the power or quality of hiding. 1789 P. Withers Alfred's Apol. 51 There is also a species of wit which may be termed abditive; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character. 1858 S. P. Day Juvenile Crime ii. 44 The abditive power and agility of the child are made to subserve their well-formed schemes of booty. 1882 E. R. Clay Alternative xviii. 229 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. 2004 M. Sheehan Words to Wise 207 The abditive nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1727 |
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