abomination
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin abōminātiō, abōminātiōnem (“abomination”)[1] Doublet of abominatio.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌbɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˌbɑ.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: a‧bo‧mi‧na‧tion
Noun
[edit]abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)
- (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350][2]
- Synonym: perversion
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 354, columns 1–2:
- Onely th’adulterous Anthony, most large / In his abhominations, turnes you off
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:
- Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.
- (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [from ca. 1350–1470][2]
- Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness
- (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [ca. 1350–1470 to late 15th c.][2]
- (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones). [from ca. 1350–1470][2]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]abominable act
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feeling of extreme disgust
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something abominable
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References
[edit]- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abomination”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Further reading
[edit]- “abomination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin abōminātiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abomination f (plural abominations)
- something vile and abominable; an abomination
- (chiefly religion) revulsion, abomination, disgust
Further reading
[edit]- “abomination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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