English
abusage
From abuse + -age.
The story
First appeared in Middle English, c. 1450–1475, meaning “sexual misconduct”: cf. abuse (‘forcing of undesired sexual activity’). The word was partly repopularized after the appearance of a grammar titled Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English in 1942.
Today it means
noun Synonym of abuse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abusage