| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Rubbed; worn by friction.[Websters]
2. Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.[Websters] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb attritely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (attritely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective attrite.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ATTRITE" is a common misspelling or typo for: attrited. |
Date "ATTRITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
| Etymology:Attrite \At*trite"\, adjective. [Latin expression attritus, past participle of atterere; ad terere to rub. See Trite.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ATTRITE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] worn by rubbing or friction. [See Trite, which is now generally used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] A variant of attrit. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ATTRITE
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Lucid attrite | Mining | Variety of attritus that is transparent in thin section. (references) | |
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