English - Etymology
From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abjection-, abiectiō, from abjectus (“cast down”).
English - Noun
- A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.]
- (obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- (obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.]
- (biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
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English - References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5