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ABUSAGE
Definition of ABUSAGE
noun
Synonym of abuse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abuse + -age. First appeared in Middle English, c. 1450–1475, meaning “sexual misconduct”: cf. abuse (“forcing of undesired sexual activity”). Later in the 16th century, a general synonym of abuse. The word was partly repopularized after the appearance of a grammar titled Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English in 1942.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,116)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABUSAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABUSAGE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEGSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABUSAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABUSAGE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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