Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. · Misuse; improper use; perversion. · A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception. · Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
From Middle English abusen, then from either Old French abus (“improper use”), or from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor (“make improper use of, consume, abuse”), from ab (“away”) + ūtor (“to use”). Equivalent to ab- + use.
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