ablative absolute

1. 1.

   a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier

   Broaderconstituent

Questions about ablative absolute

What does ablative absolute mean?

ablative absolute means "a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier".

Is ablative absolute a common word?

ablative absolute is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.