Absorpt

/əbˈzɔɹpt/ adjective

Definition

Completely absorbed or deeply engaged; now rare or obsolete in standard English.

Etymology

From Latin absorptus (past participle of absorbere). This form survives mainly in technical or archaic contexts, overshadowed by absorbed as the standard adjective.

Kelly Says

The word 'absorpt' is a linguistic ghost—it's the true Latin past participle, but English speakers preferred 'absorbed' instead, showing how we often reinvent grammar rather than importing it wholesale from Latin.

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