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abusio

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From abūtor +‎ -tiō.

Noun

abūsiō f (genitive abūsiōnis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
  2. (in general) abuse, misuse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • English: abusio, abusion
  • Portuguese: avejão, abusão

References

  • “abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "abusio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “abusio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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