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execrative, a.|ˈɛksɪkreɪtɪv|
[f. execrāt- ppl. stem of execrāri (exsecrāri) to execrate + -ive.]
Of or pertaining to execration; prone to execration; characterized by or containing an execration.
1830James Darnley xxvii. 121 Manifold..opportunities..for the captain and pilot to exercise their execrative faculties. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. i, Into the body of the poor Tatars execrative Roman History intercalated an alphabetic letter; and so they continue Tartars of fell Tartarean nature, to this day. 1871― in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. II. 99 On which day Nigger Question [in ‘Fraser’] had come out with execrative shrieks from several people.
Hence ˈexecratively adv.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. i, When..those Northmen..came in..foul old Rome screamed execratively her loudest. |