ablute

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English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from ablution.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ablute (third-person singular simple present ablutes, present participle abluting, simple past and past participle abluted)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself. [First attested in the Late 19th century.][1]
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To wash. [First attested in the Late 19th century.][1]

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablute”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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ablūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablūtus