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12 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a shortened form of a word or phrase
noun shortening something by omitting parts of it
originFirst attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, abbreviate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- bivariate 14
- vibration 14
- barbitone 13
- rabbinate 13
- trebbiano 13
- abortive 13
- bevatron 13
- variation 12
- bareboat 12
- obviate 12
- vibrant 12
- vibrate 12