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The meaning of the word "Abusage" in English


Abusage n. : Abuse.

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Usage and Abusage, Wiktionary, language, rules of grammar, free dictionary, search, English, Etymology, first appeared, 16th century, synonym, disuse, centuries, Eric Partridge, 1942, freshman English class, Whately, stickler.

Defination from the web:
Abusage first appeared in the 16th century as a general synonym of abuse, but it fell into disuse after just a couple of centuries. The word reemerged in the language with a new grammar-specific sense after Eric Partridge published a book on grammar titled Usage and Abusage in 1942. ... 


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