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Definition: ABSENTANEOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Pertaining to absence.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb absentaneously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(absentaneously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective absentaneous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Absentaneous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Absentaneous \Ab`sen*ta"ne*ous\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression absentaneus. See absent] Pertaining to absence. [obsolete]. (references)

Definition: ABSENTANEOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Pertaining to absence.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb absentaneously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(absentaneously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective absentaneous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ABSENTANEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Absentaneous \Ab`sen*ta"ne*ous\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression absentaneus. See absent] Pertaining to absence. [obsolete]. (references)