"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Abditive

   
Abditive means remote, secret or hidden.

1 comment:

  1. No matter its correct meaning, the word sounds a lot like a medical term. "Terry was longing for a good abditive after the rather opulent meal he'd just enjoyed at his club, and tried to come up with a good excuse to escape The Boring Colonel's endless wartime stories."

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