attritiveadj.

Brit.

/əˈtrʌɪtɪv/, U.S.

/əˈtraɪdɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin attritivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin attritivus (1546 or earlier) < classical Latin attrīt- , past participial stem of atterere (see attrit v.) + -īvus -ive suffix.

†1. Theology. Of the nature of attrition (attrition n. 1). Cf. contritional adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1710 Heavenly Conversat. 11 His impenitent attritive Sorrow.

2. That causes attrition; gradually wearing away or weakening something or someone. Cf. attritional adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > characterized by attrition

attritive1816

attritional1960

1816 B. Mayo in J. Wesley Surv. Wisdom God (U.S. ed. 2) I. i. i. 32 Sea water..not only wears away the lamina more effectually, by its attritive particles; but it penetrates them.

1848 H. Miller Rambles Geologist in Witness 23 Sept. 2/1 Subjected to some further attritive process.

1883 Brit. Mail Jan. 20/2 A mixture containing ground glass and some other attritive materials.

1942 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 11 May 4/1 The battle..brought measurably closer the end of the war through the attritive effects of the allied blockade of German ports.

2004 J. Lavery You, Kwaznievski, You piss Me Off 101 He suffered from persistent, attritive grief.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	attritive
释义	attritiveadj. Brit. /əˈtrʌɪtɪv/, U.S. /əˈtraɪdɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin attritivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin attritivus (1546 or earlier) < classical Latin attrīt- , past participial stem of atterere (see attrit v.) + -īvus -ive suffix. †1. Theology. Of the nature of attrition (attrition n. 1). Cf. contritional adj. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1710 Heavenly Conversat. 11 His impenitent attritive Sorrow. 2. That causes attrition; gradually wearing away or weakening something or someone. Cf. attritional adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > characterized by attrition attritive1816 attritional1960 1816 B. Mayo in J. Wesley Surv. Wisdom God (U.S. ed. 2) I. i. i. 32 Sea water..not only wears away the lamina more effectually, by its attritive particles; but it penetrates them. 1848 H. Miller Rambles Geologist in Witness 23 Sept. 2/1 Subjected to some further attritive process. 1883 Brit. Mail Jan. 20/2 A mixture containing ground glass and some other attritive materials. 1942 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 11 May 4/1 The battle..brought measurably closer the end of the war through the attritive effects of the allied blockade of German ports. 2004 J. Lavery You, Kwaznievski, You piss Me Off 101 He suffered from persistent, attritive grief. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1710
随便看	to put, set, stretch, etc on the tenter(s to puzzle one's brain to puzzle one's brains to puzzle out to quack titles to quake in one's boots to quake in one's shoes to qualify on to qualify with to quarrel with one's bread and butter to quarter out to queem to queer a person's pitch to queer the deal to queer the game to queer the pitch to quench downrights to quit a common to quit claim to quit claim to to quit commons to quit cost to quit one's cost to quit or yield his while to quit or yield one his while