English

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Etymology

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From abstersive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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abstersiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being abstersive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstersiveness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.