Word Wednesday
Jun. 5th, 2024 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stonepicnicking_okapiI got some really great word books at the library so Wordy Wednesday is going to get an upgrade. So the word of the day is...
...abstergent.
As an adjective meaning cleansing or scouring and as a noun as a substance doing the same. So not 'detergent' but 'abstergent.'
As in...
Applications of three different abstergents had no effect on the stain.
This is from The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich.
...abstergent.
As an adjective meaning cleansing or scouring and as a noun as a substance doing the same. So not 'detergent' but 'abstergent.'
As in...
Applications of three different abstergents had no effect on the stain.
This is from The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich.
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Date: 2024-06-06 08:24 am (UTC)Love that word! Didn't know it before today.
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Date: 2024-06-06 06:29 pm (UTC)