- abluted
- adjective Etymology: back-formation from ablution Date: 1650 washed clean
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abluted — /euh blooh tid/, adj. (of the hands, body, etc.) thoroughly washed. [1640 50; ablute (prob. back formation from ABLUTION) + ED2] * * * … Universalium
abluted — ab•lut•ed [[t]əˈblu tɪd[/t]] adj. cvb thoroughly washed • Etymology: 1640–50; ablute (prob. back formation from ablution) + ed II … From formal English to slang
abluted — /euh blooh tid/, adj. (of the hands, body, etc.) thoroughly washed. [1640 50; ablute (prob. back formation from ABLUTION) + ED2] … Useful english dictionary
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prurition — noun /prʊˈrɪʃən/ itching , 1922: He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin. James Joyce, Ulysses … Wiktionary
