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absorbent.

an absorbent or absorber (something which absorbs)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/absɔrˈbɛnt//apsɔrˈbɛnt/
  1. an absorbent or absorber (something which absorbs)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From English absorbent, from Latin absorbēns (“swallowing, absorbing”), present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“to suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs).

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