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- abrade (v.)[abrade 词源字典]
- 1670s, from Latin abradere "to scrape off" (see abrasion). Related: Abraded; abrading.[abrade etymology, abrade origin, 英语词源]
- abrasion (n.)
- 1650s, from Medieval Latin abrasionem (nominative abrasio) "a scraping," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin abradere "to scrape away, shave off," from ab- "off" (see ab-) + radere "to scrape" (see raze).
- abrasive (adj.)
- 1805, from Latin abras-, past participle stem of abradere "to scrape away, shave off" (see abrasion) + -ive. Figurative sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925. Related: Abrasively; abrasiveness.