abhominable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of abhominable
1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin abhominābilis, alteration of Latin abōminābilis abominable, by association with phrase ab homine from man, inhuman
Example Sentences
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The fables of Atreus, Thiestes, Tereus and Progne signifieth the wicked and abhominable facts wrought and attempted by mortall men.
From The Golden Asse by William Adlington
Heaven I beseech thee, what an abhominable sort of Followers have I put upon mee: ...
From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Clare Howard
May 2nd, I understode of one Vincent Murfyn his abhominable misusing me behinde my back; Mr. Thomas Besbich told me his father is one of the cokes of the Court.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by John Dee
Capell's edition, nearly agreeable to the quartos, or, this is abominable which we would call abhominable.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by William Carew Hazlitt
Diddest thou dare to aduenture vppon me, hauyng thy conscyence wounded wyth sutch an abhominable and deadly Treason?
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter
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