absumptionn.

Brit.

/əbˈsʌm(p)ʃn/, U.S.

/əbˈsəm(p)ʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin absūmptiōn-, absūmptiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin absūmptiōn-, absūmptiō action of using up or spending (2nd or 3rd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also destruction, wasting away (4th cent.) < absūmpt- , past participial stem of absūmere absume v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier absume v.

Now archaic and rare.

The process of gradually destroying something, or of wasting away.Common only in 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material

wastinga1425

waste1497

consumptiona1513

deperdition1607

absumption1617

wastage1756

deperition1793

1617 W. Hamond tr. A. Paré Method curing Wounds vi. 65 It is fitting that the boulster be perforated iust vpon the orifice of the sinuous vlcer, and vpon the hollow tents; & that therein there bee placed a sponge to receiue the Sanies: for by this meanes the expulsion, euacuation, and absumption thereof, shall be much better.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 355 Dead Bodies, if they bee not intercepted by Putrefaction, will subsist a long time, without any Notable Absumption.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 334 Trembling..is cured, if from the absumption and dissolution of spirits, by analepticks, moderate sleepe, and wine.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 79 I shall compare the same water spoiled of it's volatile, and in a great measure, of it's terrene parts, by destilling or evaporating it to the absumption of about one sixth.

1824 London Mag. July 86/2 The absumption of so disproportionate a share of profit by individuals, must be injurious to the art, by reducing and annihilating other departments.

1900 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Dec. 300/1 It is neither the headache of intestinal absumption nor simply uric acid.

1997 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Weekend section) 8 Aunt Mary..had..already endured the joys of absumption and gone to glory.

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

单词	absumption
释义	absumptionn. Brit. /əbˈsʌm(p)ʃn/, U.S. /əbˈsəm(p)ʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin absūmptiōn-, absūmptiō. Etymology: < classical Latin absūmptiōn-, absūmptiō action of using up or spending (2nd or 3rd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also destruction, wasting away (4th cent.) < absūmpt- , past participial stem of absūmere absume v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier absume v. Now archaic and rare. The process of gradually destroying something, or of wasting away.Common only in 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material wastinga1425 waste1497 consumptiona1513 deperdition1607 absumption1617 wastage1756 deperition1793 1617 W. Hamond tr. A. Paré Method curing Wounds vi. 65 It is fitting that the boulster be perforated iust vpon the orifice of the sinuous vlcer, and vpon the hollow tents; & that therein there bee placed a sponge to receiue the Sanies: for by this meanes the expulsion, euacuation, and absumption thereof, shall be much better. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 355 Dead Bodies, if they bee not intercepted by Putrefaction, will subsist a long time, without any Notable Absumption. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 334 Trembling..is cured, if from the absumption and dissolution of spirits, by analepticks, moderate sleepe, and wine. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 79 I shall compare the same water spoiled of it's volatile, and in a great measure, of it's terrene parts, by destilling or evaporating it to the absumption of about one sixth. 1824 London Mag. July 86/2 The absumption of so disproportionate a share of profit by individuals, must be injurious to the art, by reducing and annihilating other departments. 1900 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Dec. 300/1 It is neither the headache of intestinal absumption nor simply uric acid. 1997 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Weekend section) 8 Aunt Mary..had..already endured the joys of absumption and gone to glory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1617
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