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abessive

abessive

English

Adjective

abessive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of, or relating to that grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence. [Late 19th century.][1]

Noun

abessive (plural abessives)

  1. (grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case. [Late 19th century.][1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4

French

Adjective

abessive

  1. feminine singular of abessif