abbreviature
noun
ab·bre·vi·a·ture
-vēəˌchu̇(ə)r
plural -s
1
obsolete : abbreviation
2
: abridgment, compendium, abstract
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Medieval Latin abbrevitūra, from Late Latin abbreviātus (past participle of abbreviāre "to abbreviate entry 1") + Latin -ūra -ure
First Known Use
1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- desulfuriser
- desulfurization
- desulfurizations
- desulfurize
- desulfurized
- desulfurizers
- desulfurizes
- desulfurizing
- desulfurs
- desulphurisation
- desulphurisations
- desulphurise
- desulphurised
- desulphuriser
- desulphurisers
- desulphurises
- desulphurising
- desulphurization
- desulphurizations
- desulphurize
- anals
- analysability
- analysable
- analysand
- analysanda