abortiveness

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English

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Etymology

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From abortive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv.nəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abortiveness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

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