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# An [[abominable]] act; a [[disgusting]] [[vice]]; a [[despicable]] [[habit]]. {{defdate|First attested around 1150 to 1350.}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=6}}</ref>
# {{lb|en|countable}} An [[abominable]] act; a [[disgusting]] [[vice]]; a [[despicable]] [[habit]]. {{defdate|First attested around 1150 to 1350.}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=6}}</ref>
# The feeling of extreme [[disgust]] and hatred {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The feeling of extreme [[disgust]] and hatred {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>
#: {{syn|en|abhorrence|aversion|detestation|disgust|loathing|loathsomeness|odiousness}}
#: {{syn|en|abhorrence|aversion|detestation|disgust|loathing|loathsomeness|odiousness}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. {{defdate|Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
# {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. {{defdate|Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
# That which is [[abominable]], [[shameful]]ly vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>
# {{lb|en|countable}} That which is [[abominable]], [[shameful]]ly vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>
#: {{syn|en|perversion}}
#* {{quote-book|passage=Antony, most large in his '''abominations'''.|author=Shakespeare|title=Antony and Cleopatra|section=III-vi|year=1606}}
#* {{quote-book|passage=Antony, most large in his '''abominations'''.|author=Shakespeare|title=Antony and Cleopatra|section=III-vi|year=1606}}


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English

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Etymology

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First attested around 1350. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English abominacioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin abōminātiō (“abomination”); ab (“away from”) + ōminārī (“prophesy, foreboding”), from ōmen (“omen”).[1] abominate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

Noun

abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)

  1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][2]
  2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
    Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness
  3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15th century.][2]
  4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
    Synonym: perversion
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References

  1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 4
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abomination”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

abomination f (plural abominations)

  1. Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
  2. (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.

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