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Webster 1913 Edition


Abominable

A-bom′i-na-ble

,
Adj.
[F.
abominable
. L.
abominalis
. See
Abominate
.]
1.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
2.
Excessive; large; – used as an intensive.
[Obs.]
☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.”
G. P. Marsh.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abominable

ABOM'INABLE

,
Adj.
[See Abominate.]
1.
Very hateful; detestable; lothesome.
2.
This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses.
3.
Unclean. Levit. vli.