α. 1500s– abhorrer.
β. 1500s abhorror.
abhorrern.
/əbˈhɔːrə/, /əˈbɔːrə/, U.S. /əbˈhɔrər/, /æbˈhɔrər/ 1. A person who loathes or detests something. Frequently with of.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun] > one who loathes or detests
abhorrer?1538
loather1601
detester1611
detestant1648
abominator1671
disguster1681
?1538 tr. St. Martinus Rule of Honest Lyfe sig. B.iiiiv Be a mercyfull punyssher, & abhorrer of crudelyte.
1576 J. Danyel tr. Jehovah 3 Abhorrors of all righteousenes and louers of all kynde of wickednesse.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Haineur, a hater, loather, detester, abhorrer.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 134 Those things, whereof they sometimes were great abhorrers.
1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis 43 The..Deity call'd Tontekong, is..said to be a great abhorrer of Gaming and Adultery.
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 89 A Protestant Succession, of which the Highflyers are generally Abhorrers.
1752 J. Jackson Chronol. Antiq. II. 490 Confucius..was an Abhorrer of all gross Idolatry and the Worship of dead Men.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iv. 209 Every abhorrer of ceremonies..might be trusted as protestant to the heart's core.
1899 W. J. Locke White Dove vi. 87 It was at the idea of his father, shrewd-headed abhorrer of cranks, putting his hands in his pockets for the Walden Art Colony.
1944 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 4 Dec. 4/3 The brilliant general is famed as a teetotaler, a non-smoker, a bird-like eater and an abhorrer of social life.
1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Dec. c1/1 Pork is peculiarly a subject on which the world is divided between adorers..and abhorrers.
2. Any of those who signed addresses of abhorrence of the actions of those who petitioned Charles II in 1680 for the summoning of Parliament. Cf. abhorrence n. 3. Usually in plural. Now historical.Frequently opposed to petitioner n. 1b.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun] > one who signed addresses given to Charles II
abhorrer1681
1681 Song upon Information (single sheet) This makes Abhorrers, makes Lords Protest, They know not why, nor wherefore.
1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 78 Abhorrers of Addresses, and Non-Addresses.
1731 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. XIV. xxiii. 244 As soon as the Parliament was prorogued, the Duke of York at Court, a great Number of contrary Addresses were presented in Abhorrence of the former; so that two Parties were formed called the Petitioners and the Abhorrers.
1769 D. Hume Let. 14 Nov. (1932) II. 211 There is something like a Precedent for it during the Reign of Charles the second, in the punishment inflicted by the House of Commons on the Abhorrers.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 256 Opponents of the Court were called Birminghams, Petitioners, and Exclusionists. Those who took the King's side were Antibirminghams, Abhorrers, and Tantivies.
1891 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. II. 620 The two parties were known as Petitioners and Abhorrers, names which were soon replaced by those of Whig and Tory.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 62/1 The addresses of the Abhorrers which reached the king from all parts of the country formed a counterblast to those of the Petitioners.
1974 Hist. Jrnl. 17 707 In 1680 it [sc. the London Gazette] filled issue after issue with the addresses of the Abhorrers.
2000 J. Scott England's Troubles viii. 192 Abhorrers were pursued without mercy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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