Meaning of abstersion | Babel Free
æbˈstɜː.ʒn̩Equivalents
Examples
“Waverley ... was offered the patriarchal refreshment of a bath for the feet ... He was not, indeed, so luxuriously attended upon this occasion as the heroic travellers in the Odyssey; the task of ablution and abstersion being performed, not by a beautiful damsel, trained To chafe the limb, and pour⟳ the fragrant oil, but by a smoke-dried skinny old Highland woman, who did not seem to think⟳ herself much honoured by the duty imposed upon her...”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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