English

Noun

abhorrency ‎(plural abhorrencies)

1. (obsolete) Aberrancy. [Attested only in the late 16^th century.]^[1]
2. (obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the early 18^th century.]^[1]
3. (obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. [Attested only in the early 18^th century.]^[1]

Related terms

• abhor
• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhorrer
• abhorrible
• abhorring

References

1. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4