单词 | abhorration |
释义 | abhorrationn. Extreme loathing or disgust. Also as a count noun: an object of disgust; an abomination. Cf. abhorrence n.Apparently rare between the mid 17th and mid 19th centuries. ΚΠ 1628 Abp. J. Williams Serm. 6 Apr. 4 A regenerate man, who..lookes vpon all these with an eye of Abhorration, like so many Carcasses. ?1655 T. Tany High News for Hierusalem 9 Labor to forget the names of the Gods of the Heathen: for this Land is an abhorration. 1859 Banner of Liberty (Middletown, N.Y.) 26 Oct. 340/1 It requires no laborious research..to arrive at the facts with respect to their..detestation, abhorration and overthrow. 1947 Oak Leaves 20 Feb. 28/3 When the pirates broach the subject of marriage..the Major-General Stanley looks upon them with abhoration. 2001 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 17 Aug. 8 What is the motivation behind this abhorration? Who..is behind a complaint which reeks..of an attempt to blacken the reputations of decent people? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1628 |
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