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bɪŋ, -ˈzɔr- adjective
extremely interesting; deeply engrossing: an absorbing drama.
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absorbing (əbˈsɔːbɪŋ, -ˈzɔːb-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| occupying one's interest or attention; engrossing; gripping | |
| ab'sorbingly | |
| —adv | |
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Un-absorbing
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
absorb
late 15c., from M.Fr. absorber (O.Fr. assorbir), from L. absorbere "to swallow up," from ab- "from" + sorbere "suck in," from PIE base *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (cf. Armenian arbi "I drank," Gk. rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lith. srebiu "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely
grip (one's) attention" is from 1753.
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Medical Dictionary
absorb ab·sorb (əb-sôrb', -zôrb')
v. ab·sorbed, ab·sorb·ing, ab·sorbs
To take in by absorption.
To reduce the intensity of transmitted light.
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