ablute

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English

Etymology

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Back-formation from ablution.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

ablute (third-person singular simple present ablut, present participle ing, simple past and past participle abluted)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself. [First attested in the Late 19th century.][1]
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To wash. [First attested in the Late 19th century.][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablute”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ablūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablūtus
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