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English
Etymology
From French, from Latin abstergens, present participle of abstergeo (“wiping off”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
abstergent (comparative more abstergent, superlative most abstergent)
- Cleansing, detergent. [1]
Synonyms
Noun
abstergent (plural abstergents)
- A substance used to cleanse; a detergent. [1]
Synonyms
Translations
a substance used in cleansing
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstergent”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Latin
Verb
abstergent
- third-person plural present active indicative of abstergeō