Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the power or quality of hiding.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Having the quality of hiding.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective rare Having the quality of hiding

Etymologies

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From Latin abditīvus ("removed or separated from"), from abdō ("hide, conceal").

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  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • remote, secret, hidden

    Latin abditivus, from abdere to hide

    May 7, 2008

  • Um... posting trouble?

    May 7, 2008

  • Troopie, you can delete duplicate posts by clicking on the "edit" button, and then on the next "edit" button--you'll see a "delete" button show up. :-)

    May 7, 2008