English Explanatory Dictionary

absit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
noun
  1. A portion of fermenting dough diluted to a paste with water and then cooked.

Word forms

absit absits

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absit (“let (him or her) be absent”), the third-person singular present active subjunctive of absum (“be absent”).

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