attritusn.

Brit.

/əˈtrʌɪtəs/, U.S.

/əˈtraɪdəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin attrīt- , atterere , detritus n.

Etymology: < classical Latin attrīt-, past participial stem of atterere to rub (against) (see attrit v.) + -us (in detritus n.). Compare classical Latin attrītus action or process of rubbing, friction, process of grinding, chafing of the skin, abrasion.

Matter produced when something is ground down or rubbed or worn away. Cf. detritus n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments made by crumbling

crumbling1660

attritus1818

1818 A. Robertson Med. Topogr. New Orleans in J. Johnson Infl. Trop. Climates (ed. 2) 426 The ground on which the town stands..consists chiefly of the attritus of the various soils through which the river passes, mixed with an infinite variety of vegetable remains.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iv. 115 When,..the World is all decayed down into due attritus of this sort.

1877 C. W. Foote Notes Geol. Hist. Cayuga & Seneca Lakes 9 The glacier maintained its own onward molecular movement, transporting débris, pushing forward the attritus of its sides and bottom.

1920 R. Thiessen Struct. Paleozoic Bituminous Coals (U.S. Dept. Interior) Bull. No. 17. 62 The attritus of the Buxton coal is composed of the same kinds of constituents as that of the other coals, but the constituents are comparatively coarse.

1982 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 15/1 The insects had begun to shed their wings and the floor became coated with a pallid attritus.

2007 S. Sherrill Locktender's House xxi. 147 The attritus from the eraser, the dusty rubber raspings littering her chest and belly.

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

单词	attritus
释义	attritusn. Brit. /əˈtrʌɪtəs/, U.S. /əˈtraɪdəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin attrīt- , atterere , detritus n. Etymology: < classical Latin attrīt-, past participial stem of atterere to rub (against) (see attrit v.) + -us (in detritus n.). Compare classical Latin attrītus action or process of rubbing, friction, process of grinding, chafing of the skin, abrasion. Matter produced when something is ground down or rubbed or worn away. Cf. detritus n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments made by crumbling crumbling1660 attritus1818 1818 A. Robertson Med. Topogr. New Orleans in J. Johnson Infl. Trop. Climates (ed. 2) 426 The ground on which the town stands..consists chiefly of the attritus of the various soils through which the river passes, mixed with an infinite variety of vegetable remains. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iv. 115 When,..the World is all decayed down into due attritus of this sort. 1877 C. W. Foote Notes Geol. Hist. Cayuga & Seneca Lakes 9 The glacier maintained its own onward molecular movement, transporting débris, pushing forward the attritus of its sides and bottom. 1920 R. Thiessen Struct. Paleozoic Bituminous Coals (U.S. Dept. Interior) Bull. No. 17. 62 The attritus of the Buxton coal is composed of the same kinds of constituents as that of the other coals, but the constituents are comparatively coarse. 1982 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 15/1 The insects had begun to shed their wings and the floor became coated with a pallid attritus. 2007 S. Sherrill Locktender's House xxi. 147 The attritus from the eraser, the dusty rubber raspings littering her chest and belly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1818
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