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Webster 1913 Edition

Abomination

A-bomˊi-na′tion

,
Noun.
[OE.
abominacioun
,
-cion
, F.
abominatio
. See
Abominate
.]
1.
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing;
as, he holds tobacco in
abomination
.
2.
That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
Antony, most large in his
abominations
.
Shakespeare
3.
A cause of pollution or wickedness.
Syn. – Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abomination

ABOMINA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
Extreme hatred; detestation.
2.
The object of detestation, a common signification in scripture.
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. Prov.xv.
3.
Hence, defilement, pollution, in a physical sense, or evil doctrines and practices, which are moral defilements, idols and idolatry, are called abominations. The Jews were an abomination to the Egyptians; and the sacred animals of the Egyptians were an abomination to the Jews. The Roman army is called the abomination of desolation. Mat. 24:13. In short, whatever is an object of extreme hatred, is called an abomination.

Definition 2024

abomination

abomination

English

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Noun

abomination ‎(plural abominations)

  1. An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][2]
  2. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
  3. (obsolete) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [Attested from around (1350 - 1470) to the late 15th century.][2]
  4. That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
    • 1606, Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-vi:
      Antony, most large in his abominations.

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References

  1. ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 4
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6
  • abomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Noun

abomination f ‎(plural abominations)

  1. Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
  2. (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.

Etymology

First attested around 1350. From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination ‎(“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin abōminātiō ‎(“abomination”); ab ‎(“away from”) + ōminārī ‎(“prophesy, foreboding”), from ōmin ‎(“omen”).[1]

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