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单词 abstractitious
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abstractitiousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abstractitius , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin abstractitius (1688 or earlier as abstracticius ; < classical Latin abstract- , past participial stem of abstrahere (see abstract v.) + -īcius : see -itious suffix1) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ:bstræ̆kti·ʃəs) /ˌæbstrækˈtɪʃəs/.
Obsolete.
Resulting from distillation (as opposed to fermentation); spec. designating a solution of an essential oil obtained from a plant by this means.
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1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 3/1 Abstractitious..is used by Ludovicus and some other Writers in Pharmacy, to distinguish the natural Spirit which is drawn from Plants..from what is procured by Fermentation.
1747 Philos. Trans. Abridged 1732–44 (Royal Soc.) 9 iii. 363 Neither Spirit of Roses, nor any other abstractitious Spirit, unless it is full of oily Particles, succeeds better than plain Spirit of Wine highly rectified.
1788 J. Berkenhout First Lines Theory & Pract. Philos. Chem. ii. 262 Abstractitious spirit is that which is drawn by distillation from vegetables, without fermentation. It is, in fact, the essential oil of plants dissolved in water or in spirit of wine.
1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Abstractitious, old term applied to spirits obtained from plants by distillation, as opposed to that produced by fermentation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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