abominablenessn.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xii. sig. N.iiij Some aborre the abhomynablenes [of scanty clothing].

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 329 Yet men had rather here this abhominablenes, then for to release a litle of theyr own will.

1649 O. Cromwell Let. 72 (Carl.) The propositions enclosed;—which for their abominableness, manifesting also the impudency of the men, I thought fit to present to your view.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 3 We must forbear to urge Atheists with the..Abominableness of their Principles.

a1729 S. Clarke Serm. (1730) III. vi. 124 The Unfitness and Abominableness, Detestableness and Profaneness, of any Uncleanness or Impurity appearing in the Temple of God.

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 148 My abecedarian interpretation of your abominableness.

1889 I. J. Lansing Romanism & Republic xi. 320 There is nothing in the worship of the man-gods of the Egyptian, Phœnician, Grecian or Roman that can be compared for abominableness with the worship of their woman gods.

1905 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 4/4 These fogs will continue to curse us until we..come to look upon them as the preventable and abominable evils that they are. And, first of all, as to their abominableness.

1993 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 14 Feb. I duly invite beleaguered readers to send in the best football acronyms they can come up with which suitably capture the sheer wonder or abominableness of their team.