abortiveness

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

abortive +‎ -ness


Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv.nəs/

Noun [edit]

abortiveness (usually uncountable; plural abortivenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being abortive. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  2. (countable) The result or product of being abortive.

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 7: