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style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of abalienation" href="/word/abalienation#etymonline_v_39069"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-abalienation-39069p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of abalienation"/></a></div><p>"act of transferring title of ownership," 1650s, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">abalienationem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">abalienatio</span>), in law, "transfer of property, sale," noun of action from past-participle stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">abalienare</span> "to separate, transfer the ownership of," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ab</span> "off, away from" (see <a href="/word/ab-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ab- " class="crossreference notranslate">ab-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">alienare</span> "to separate" (from <span class="foreign notranslate">alius</span> "another, other, different," from PIE root <a href="/word/*al-#etymonline_v_52555" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *al- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*al-</a> (1) "beyond").</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/abalienation#etymonline_v_39069"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><div id="div-gpt-ad-pc-sp-infeed-1" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Abderian" href="/word/Abderian#etymonline_v_26">Abderian<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>by 1650s, "of or pertaining to <span class="foreign notranslate">Abdera</span>," in Thrace, whose citizens were proverbial as provincials who would laugh at anything or anyone they didn't understand (<span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Abderian laughter</strong></span>), making their town the Hellenic equivalent of <a href="/word/Gotham" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Gotham " class="crossreference notranslate">Gotham</a> (q.v.). Especially (or alternatively) as it was the birthplace of Democritus the atomist, the "Laughing Philosopher" (born c. 460 B.C.E.) who observed human follies.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/Abderian#etymonline_v_26"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abhorrence" href="/word/abhorrence#etymonline_v_39076">abhorrence<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"feeling of extreme aversion or detestation," 1650s; see <a href="/word/abhorrent" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abhorrent " class="crossreference notranslate">abhorrent</a> + <a href="/word/-ence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ence " class="crossreference notranslate">-ence</a>. OED recommends this form for "act or fact of abhorring," <span class="foreign notranslate">abhorrency</span> (c. 1600) for "quality of being abhorrent."</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/abhorrence#etymonline_v_39076"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ablactation" href="/word/ablactation#etymonline_v_52095">ablactation<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of ablactation" href="/word/ablactation#etymonline_v_52095"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-ablactation-52095p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of ablactation"/></a></div><p>"weaning of a child," 1650s, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ablactationem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">ablactatio</span>) "weaning," noun of action from past-participle stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">ablactare</span> "to wean," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ab</span> "off, away from" (see <a href="/word/ab-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ab- " class="crossreference notranslate">ab-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">lactare</span> "to suckle," from <span class="foreign notranslate">lac</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">lactis</span>) "milk" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*g%28a%29lag-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *g(a)lag- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*g(a)lag-</a> "milk").</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/ablactation#etymonline_v_52095"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abnegate" href="/word/abnegate#etymonline_v_25909">abnegate<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(v.)<i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of abnegate" href="/word/abnegate#etymonline_v_25909"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-abnegate-25909p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of abnegate"/></a></div><p>"deny (something) to oneself," 1650s, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">abnegatus</span>, past participle of <span class="foreign notranslate">abnegare</span> "to refuse, deny," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ab</span> "off, away from" (see <a href="/word/ab-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ab- " class="crossreference notranslate">ab-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">negare</span> "to deny" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*ne-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ne- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ne-</a> "not"). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Abnegated</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">abnegating</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/abnegate#etymonline_v_25909"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="5022190299" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abrasion" href="/word/abrasion#etymonline_v_68">abrasion<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of abrasion" href="/word/abrasion#etymonline_v_68"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-abrasion-68p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of abrasion"/></a></div><p>1650s, "act of abrading," from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">abrasionem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">abrasio</span>) "a scraping," noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">abradere</span> "to scrape away, shave off," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ab</span> "off" (see <a href="/word/ab-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ab- " class="crossreference notranslate">ab-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">radere</span> "to scrape" (see <a href="/word/raze#etymonline_v_3422" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of raze " class="crossreference notranslate">raze</a> (v.)). From 1740 as "result of abrasion."</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/abrasion#etymonline_v_68"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abscind" href="/word/abscind#etymonline_v_39967">abscind<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(v.)<i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of abscind" href="/word/abscind#etymonline_v_39967"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-abscind-39967p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of abscind"/></a></div><p>"to cut off," 1650s, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">abscindere</span> "to cut off, divide, part, separate" (see <a href="/word/abscissa" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abscissa " class="crossreference notranslate">abscissa</a>). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Abscinded</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">abscinding</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/abscind#etymonline_v_39967"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abysmal" href="/word/abysmal#etymonline_v_96">abysmal<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1650s, "pertaining to an abyss," formed in English from <a href="/word/abysm" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abysm " class="crossreference notranslate">abysm</a> + <a href="/word/-al#etymonline_v_32845" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -al " class="crossreference notranslate">-al</a> (1). Perhaps only a dictionary word before 19c. The weakened sense of "extremely bad" is attested by 1904, perhaps from <span class="foreign notranslate">abysmal ignorance</span> (suggestive of its "depth"), an expression attested from 1847. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Abysmally</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/abysmal#etymonline_v_96"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of accumulative" href="/word/accumulative#etymonline_v_52127">accumulative<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"tending to accumulation; cumulative," 1650s, from Latin stem <span class="foreign notranslate">accumulat-</span> (see <a href="/word/accumulate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of accumulate " class="crossreference notranslate">accumulate</a>) + <a href="/word/-ive" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ive " class="crossreference notranslate">-ive</a>. 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