abstersoryadj.

Brit.

/əbˈstəːs(ə)ri/,

/abˈstəːs(ə)ri/, U.S.

/əbˈstərs(ə)ri/,

/æbˈstərs(ə)ri/

Forms: 1600s abstersorie, 1600s– abstersory.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abstersorius abstersive (1516 or earlier; earlier in sense ‘used for wiping’ (late 13th cent. in a British source)) < classical Latin absters- , past participial stem of abstergēre absterge v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier abstersive adj. and slightly later abstergent adj.

Now rare.

= abstersive adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [adjective]

cleansinga1300

mundifying1579

scouring1594

detergent1600

detersive1601

abstersory1609

abstergent1617

thorough-cleansing1642

deterging1651

smegmatic1656

extersive1657

tersive1667

smectic1676

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. L8 Being boiled it [sc. honey] is..lesse laxatiue, also lesse sharpe and abstersory.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 44 It hath also a very speciall abstersorie propertie.

1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 147 Give this Glyster at Three in the Afternoon, the same Day the Abstersory Potion was taken.

1952 S. K. Danner Gallery Tour 41 Nothing I know is clean as whitened sand When in the soapy onslaught of the waves The sea, abstersory, rinses it.

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

单词	abstersory
释义	abstersoryadj. Brit. /əbˈstəːs(ə)ri/, /abˈstəːs(ə)ri/, U.S. /əbˈstərs(ə)ri/, /æbˈstərs(ə)ri/ Forms: 1600s abstersorie, 1600s– abstersory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abstersorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin abstersorius abstersive (1516 or earlier; earlier in sense ‘used for wiping’ (late 13th cent. in a British source)) < classical Latin absters- , past participial stem of abstergēre absterge v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier abstersive adj. and slightly later abstergent adj. Now rare. = abstersive adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [adjective] cleansinga1300 mundifying1579 scouring1594 detergent1600 detersive1601 abstersory1609 abstergent1617 thorough-cleansing1642 deterging1651 smegmatic1656 extersive1657 tersive1667 smectic1676 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. L8 Being boiled it [sc. honey] is..lesse laxatiue, also lesse sharpe and abstersory. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 44 It hath also a very speciall abstersorie propertie. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 147 Give this Glyster at Three in the Afternoon, the same Day the Abstersory Potion was taken. 1952 S. K. Danner Gallery Tour 41 Nothing I know is clean as whitened sand When in the soapy onslaught of the waves The sea, abstersory, rinses it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1609
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