absconder

English

Etymology

abscond +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈskɑn.dɚ/, /æbˈzkɑn.dɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈskɒn.dɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Noun

absconder (plural absconders)

1. A person who absconds.
   • 1696, Considerations upon the Bill for the Relief of Poor Prisoners,‎:

     […] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace.

   • 1909, O. Henry, “The Guardian of the Accolade”, in Roads of Destiny‎, Doubleday Page, page 33:

     What else could it all mean but that Mr. Robert Weymouth was an absconder—was about to fly with the bank’s remaining funds […]

   • 1910, Jack London, “That Spot”, in Lost Face‎, New York: Macmillan, page 112:

     Steve and I sneaked immediately, like beaten curs, like cowards, like absconders from justice.

   • 2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child‎, Knopf Canada, Part Three, Chapter 1:

     He smiled at the view over the hedge, at the other front gardens, at the approaching Rover and then its driver, squinting in a rictus of his own against the evening sun, and making Paul feel again like an intruder, or now perhaps an absconder.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondere (“to hide”). According to the Trésor de la langue française, attested since the 16th century, and a doublet of the then-contemporary abscondre. Cognate with the (now obsolete) French esconcer (“to set (said of the Sun)”), and Picard esconser (“to set (said of the Sun)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.skɔ̃.de/

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Verb

absconder

1. (regional) to set (said of the Sun at sunset)

Conjugation

Related terms

• abscons

Further reading

• “absconder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• abscondre (archaism)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondere (“to hide, conceal”). Doublet of esconder. The adjective absconso derives from the participle of the same Latin verb, and is more commonly used.

Verb

absconder (first-person singular present abscondo, first-person singular preterite abscondi, past participle abscondido)

1. (rare, formal) Synonym of esconder

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondō. Doublet of esconder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abskonˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: abs‧con‧der

Verb

absconder (first-person singular present abscondo, first-person singular preterite abscondí, past participle abscondido)

1. (obsolete, transitive) to hide

   Synonym: esconder

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “absconder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014