abhorrency

abhorrency

English

Etymology

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English abhorrent
English -ence
English abhorrence
English -y
English abhorrency

    From abhorrence + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /əˈbɔɹɪnsi/
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    Noun

    abhorrency (plural abhorrencies) (obsolete)

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

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhorrency”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
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