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abominable
adjective 
  1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
  2. (obsolete) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.
Note: w:Juliana Berners ... informs us that in her time (15th century), "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars". - w:George Perkins Marsh
  1. Very bad or inferior.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: abominabel, afstotelijk
  • French: abominable
  • German: verabscheuungswí¼rdig
  • Italian: abominabile
  • Spanish: abominable
Etymology: abominableFrench, abominable, from abominalis, abÅminÄrÄ. See abominate.

     
 
  

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