Middle English Dictionary Entry
abstractī̆f adj.
Entry Info
Forms | abstractī̆f adj. |
Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Of nouns: abstract (as opposed to concrete).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)8b/a : Þeiȝ [nouns] swiche be abstractif [L abstractiva; Tol.: abstractyue], som tyme þey beþ I take for persones.