abhominable

American  

[ab-hom-uh-nuh-buhl] / æbˈhɒm ə nə bəl /

adjective

Obsolete.

1. abominable.

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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

Aussy est-il mort de ceste mesme maladie abhominable.

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Then sayd the Accuser: Thou hast preached, sayd, and openly taught diuers and sundry other great errours and abhominable heresies agaynst all the vij. sacraments, which for shortnes of tyme I pretermit and ouer pass.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David

Heaven I beseech thee, what an abhominable sort of Followers have I put upon mee: ...

From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Howard, Clare

Of tirannie and crualte Be this ensample a king mai se, Himself and ek his conseil bothe, Hou thei ben to mankinde lothe And to the god abhominable.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

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