[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Worn or ground down by rubbing, scraping, etc.

- Feeling or expressing attrition. Contrasted with contrite.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century; earliest use found in Higden's Polychronicon. From classical Latin attrītus worn down by use, worn, made smooth, hardened, brazen, in post-classical Latin also feeling or expressing attrition, use as adjective of past participle of atterere attrit