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abominable
English
Etymology
From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin ab?min?bilis (“deserving abhorrence”), from ab?minor (“abhor, deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ?minor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ?men (“sign, token, omen”). Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from Latin ab- + homo and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal; see those entries for more.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?m.?.n?.bl?/, /??b?m.n?.bl?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??b?m.?.n?.b?/
Adjective
abominable (comparative more abominable, superlative most abominable)
- Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]
- (obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
- Very bad or inferior.
- Disagreeable or unpleasant. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "abominable" is often applied: man, woman, crime, act, deed, sin, vice, character, place, mystery, treatment, church, bride, snowman.
Alternative forms
- abhominable (obsolete, based on folk etymology), abhominal (obsolete, based on folk etymology)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: abominabel
Translations
References
- abominable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- abominable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- abominable at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.bo.mi?na.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.bu.mi?na.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bo.mi?na.ble/
- Rhymes: -a?le
Adjective
abominable (masculine and feminine plural abominables)
- abominable
Derived terms
- abominablement
Related terms
- abominar
- abominació
French
Etymology
From Late Latin ab?min?bilis (“abominable, detestable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b?.mi.nabl/
- Homophone: abominables
Adjective
abominable (plural abominables)
- Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
- Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
Synonyms
- Most terms of the second category also have literal meanings closer to that of the first, but are now less common in these uses, as well as marking actions that are not as markedly odious.
- (loathsome): odieux, méprisable, ignoble, sacrilège (religious), impie (religious)
- (exceedingly bad or ugly): laid, détestable, exécrable, horrible
Derived terms
- abominable homme des neiges
- abominablement
Further reading
- “abominable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- abominábel
Etymology
From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.
Adjective
abominable m or f (plural abominables)
- abominable
Related terms
- abominación
- abominar
Further reading
- “abominable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Middle English
Adjective
abominable
- Alternative form of abhomynable
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?m??n??bl?/
- Rhymes: -??bl?
- Hyphenation: a?bo?mi?na?ble
Adjective
abominable
- definite singular of abominabel
- plural of abominabel
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abomi?nable/, [a.??o.mi?na.??le]
Adjective
abominable (plural abominables)
- abominable
Derived terms
Related terms
- abominar
- abominado
Further reading
- “abominable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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poor
English
Etymology
From Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure (Modern French pauvre), from Latin pauper (English pauper), from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally “getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Old English f?awa (“little, few”). Doublet of pauper.
Displaced native Middle English earm, arm (“poor”) (from Old English earm; See arm), Middle English wantsum, wantsome (“poor, needy”) (from Old Norse vant (“deficiency, lack, want”)), Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unl?de), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weli? (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”).
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /po?/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /p??/, /pu?/, /p??/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /?p?(?)?(r)/
- (Received Pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /p??(?)/, /p??(?)/
- (US)
- IPA(key): /p??/, /p??/
- Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)
- Homophones: pour, pore (with the pour-poor merger)
- Homophone: paw (in some non-rhotic accents, with the pour-poor merger)
Adjective
poor (comparative poorer, superlative poorest)
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- The poor are always with us.
- Of low quality.
- Used to express pity.
- Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
- Deficient in a specified way.
- Inadequate, insufficient.
- a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, Sermon 1
- That I have wronged no Man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.
- a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, Sermon 1
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Usage notes
When the word "poor" is used to express pity, it does not change the meaning of the sentence. For example, in the sentence "Give this soup to that poor man!", the word "poor" does not serve to indicate which man is meant (and so the sentence expresses exactly the same command as "Give this soup to that man!"). Instead, the word "poor" merely adds an expression of pity to the sentence.
Synonyms
- (with no or few possessions or money): See Thesaurus:impoverished
- (of low quality): inferior
- (to be pitied): pitiable, arm
Antonyms
- (with no or few possessions): rich, wealthy
- (of low quality): good
- (deficient in a specified way): rich
- (inadequate): adequate
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- deserving poor
- poorhouse
- undeserving poor
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- poro-, roop
Limburgish
Etymology
From Walloon porea.
Noun
poor m
- leek
Old French
Noun
poor f (oblique plural poors, nominative singular poor, nominative plural poors)
- fear
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