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单词 abstrusion
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abstrusionn.

Brit. /əbˈstruːʒn/, U.S. /əbˈstruʒ(ə)n/, /ˌæbˈstruʒ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abstrusion-, abstrusio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin abstrusion-, abstrusio action of concealing (3rd or 4th cent.) < classical Latin abstrūs- , past participial stem of abstrūdere abstrude v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare French abstrusion abstruseness (1751), something abstruse (1781). Compare earlier abstrude v., and also earlier abstruse adj., abstruseness n., abstrusity n.
Now rare.
The action or an act of thrusting or drawing away.In quot. 1805 with reference to quot. 1803 at abstrude v. β. .
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1805 Crit. Rev. June 193 He here forgot that if rhyme was natural, as he says it is, to all languages, it would, in spite of this ‘abstrusion’, have recurred to the Greek and Latin.
1833 A. Marcel Méthode Marcellienne Pref. iii Upwards of a thousand faults, displaying the ignorance of the laws of the French language—..a want of clearness in, and the abstrusion of the rules.
1873 J. Simms Nature's Revelations of Char. 282 Such children need rural life, plain food, and complete abstrusion from books and school.
1913 E. Rhys Lyric Poetry xx. 230 He [sc. Henry More] turned from the world to solitude, refused the bribe of a bishopric;..and the spirit of this proud abstrusion is expressed..especially in his verse,..‘poetry for a man's own soul’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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