abstersiveness
/əbˈstəːsɪvnɪs/ /abˈstəːsɪvnɪs/Now historical and rare
noun
The quality or fact of being abstersive.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Certain Verses. From abstersive + -ness.
- first prize
- first-rate
- first-rateness
- first-rater
- first reading
- first refusal
- First Republic
- first responder
- first resurrection
- first-round
- first run
- first school
- first secretary
- first sergeant
- firstship
- first shot
- first sight
- first-spear
- First State
- first stomach
- first strike
- first string
- first substance
- first table
- first thing