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attritive

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈtɹaɪtɪv/

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adj

Meaning 1

Causing attrition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1858, Hugh Miller, Rambles of a Geologist, Chapter 5, in The Cruise of the Betsey; with Rambles of a Geologist, Edinburgh: Constable, p. 302, [...] the clay [...] had gradually been moulded, under the attritive influences of the elements, into series of alternating ridges and furrows,

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From attrit + -ive. From attrition.