Abusage

//əˈbjuːsɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of abuse. countable, uncommon, uncountable

    "We will trace the history of the term’s usage and abusage."

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"We will trace the history of the term’s usage and abusage."

Etymology

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.

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