- abrasive (n.)
- "an abrasive substance," 1853, from abrasive (adj.).
- abrasive (adj.)
- 1805, from Latin abras-, past participle stem of abradere "to scrape away, shave off" (see abrasion) + -ive. Figurative sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925. Related: Abrasively; abrasiveness.