abhominable

[ ab-hom-uh-nuh-buhl ]

/ æbˈhɒm ə nə bəl /

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adjective Obsolete.

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Origin of abhominable

1325–75; Middle English <Medieval Latin abhominābilis, alteration of Latin abōminābilisabominable, by association with phrase ab homine from man, inhuman

Words nearby abhominable

abfarad, A.B.F.M., ABH, abhenry, Abhidhamma Pitaka, abhominable, abhor, abhorred, abhorrence, abhorrent, Abia

How to use abhominable in a sentence

But he concludes honestly that though their faith is 'abhominable' to true Christians, their life is good enough.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
Abominable is regularly spelt abhominable in late Old French and Mid.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
Were it not an abhominable sight that the mynde of a man shulde be in a beastes body?
The Education of Children|Desiderius Erasmus
Incse is an abhominable thinge vnto me / I maye not awaie with your newe moones.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful|Peter Martyr

Diddest thou dare to aduenture vppon me, hauyng thy conscyence wounded wyth sutch an abhominable and deadly Treason?
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter