different between abhorrer vs abhorrency

English

Etymology

abhor +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?h??.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?h??.?/

Noun

abhorrer (plural abhorrers)

1. One who abhors. [Early 17^th century.]
2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17^th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II. [Early 17^th century.]

Related terms

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

References

Anagrams

• harborer

French

Etymology

From Middle French abhorrer, borrowed from Latin abhorreo, abhorrere. Cf. also the Old French form avourrir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.?e/

Verb

abhorrer

1. to abominate, to abhor, to loathe

Conjugation

Further reading

• “abhorrer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

[1327] Borrowed from Latin abhorr?re, present active infinitive of abhorre?. Displaced earlier avourrir.

Verb

abhorrer

1. to abhor

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: abhorrer

English

Etymology

abhorrence +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b???nsi/

Noun

abhorrency (plural abhorrencies)

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

Related terms

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

References