abstergent

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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)

  1. Cleansing, detergent. [1]

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Noun

abstergent (plural abstergents)

  1. A substance used to cleanse; a detergent. [1]

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References

  1. 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

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of abstergeō