Associations to the word «Absorptive»
Wiktionary
ABSORPTIVE, adjective. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
Dictionary definition
ABSORPTIVE, adjective. Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.