Meanings
- not comparablerareHaving the quality of hiding
The abditive nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest.
2004, Michael Sheehan, Words to Wise, page 2072 more examples
There is also a species of wit which may be termed abditive; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.
1789, Philip Withers, Alfred's Apology, page 51Concepts are either abditive or inabditive; the former being those that do, and the latter those that do not, hide the plurality of the kind they symbolise.
1882, Edmund R. Clay, The alternative: a study in psychology, page 229
Origin
- Latinabditīvus“removed or separated from”
- Englishabditive
From Latin abditīvus (“removed or separated from”), from abdō (“hide, conceal”).
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