ablute
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from ablution.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ablute (third-person singular simple present ablutes, present participle abluting, simple past and past participle abluted)
- (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself. [First attested in the Late 19th century.][1]
- (transitive, colloquial) To wash. [First attested in the Late 19th century.][1]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to wash oneself
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References
[edit]- ↑ 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
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]ablūte
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