absit

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin absit ("absit let (him or her) be absent"), the third-person singular present active subjunctive of absum.
• Borrowed from Amharic አብሲት ("proofing dough").