abusio

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

    From abūtor + -tiō.

    Noun

    abūsiō f (genitive abūsiōnis); third declension

    1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
    2. (in general) abuse, misuse

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    Descendants

    • English: abusio, abusion
    • Portuguese: avejão, abusão

    References

    • “abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "abusio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “abusio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.