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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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 Hazlitt, William Carew
Aussy est-il mort de ceste mesme maladie abhominable.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
This is abhominable which he would call abominable; it insinuateth me of insanie; Ne intelligis, domine? to make frantic, lunatic.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
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 Adlington, William, fl. 1566
It is worth remarking, in order to fix the adjustment of a passage in Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost," A. 4, S. I: This is abhominable which he would call abominable.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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