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单词 absentaneous
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absentaneousadj.

Brit. /ˌabs(ə)nˈteɪnɪəs/, U.S. /ˌæbs(ə)nˈteɪniəs/, /ˌæbs(ə)nˈteɪnjəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin absentaneus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin absentaneus (1542 in a British source; < classical Latin absent- , absēns absent adj. + -āneus : see -aneous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier instantaneous adj.
rare.
Done in absence, relating to or characterized by absence; absent.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Absentaneous, done in absence, pertaining to absence.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Absentaneous, belonging to absence.
1847 J. Lynd Class-bk. Etymol. (Key) 1 Absent, absentaneous. Abs; ens.
1928 J. F. Carlson Elem. Princ. Landscape Painting ix. 182 A finely attuned something that springs from neither the encyclopedic nor the absentaneous extremes.
1942 J. B. Cabell First Gentlemen Amer. 165 The unfortunate French captain—who by this time retained not even his nightshirt—was hiding..along with three other Protestants whose apparel was no less absentaneous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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