different between inhuman vs abhominal

English

Etymology

in- +? human

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hju?m?n/
• Rhymes: -u?m?n

Adjective

inhuman (comparative more inhuman, superlative most inhuman)

1. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

Antonyms

• humane

Translations

Anagrams

• humanin

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

inhuman (comparative inhumaner, superlative am inhumansten)

1. inhumane

Declension

Further reading

• “inhuman” in Duden online

Spanish

Verb

inhuman

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of inhumar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of inhumar.

English

Etymology

From Latin abhominalis, from ab (“away from”) + hominis (“man”), but in practice from English abominable, which was erroneously folk-etymologized as this word, leading to this spelling and abhominable, which see for more.

Adjective

abhominal (comparative more abhominal, superlative most abhominal)

1. (obsolete) Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable.
   • 1826, Thomas Wright (of Ludlow.), The history and antiquities of ... Ludlow; with lives of the presidents, and accounts of gentlemen's seats, &c, page 65:

     Tyrrel was, on the accession of Henry VII. arraigned, and after a full confession beheaded on Tower hill; and King Richard himself, "after this abhominal dede dooen never was quiet in his minde, he never ...

   • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, London : Printed for T. Tegg by J. Nichols, page 517:

     Reader, what could I have written more fully and freely in the cordial detestation of such abhominal* libels?

     […]

     *This is one of Fuller's humorous exemplifications of verbal criticisms, deriving our common word "abominable" from ab and homo, homonis, and thus converting it into the very expressive term abhominal, "unworthy of a man," "unmanly,", "inhuman."—EDIT.

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