abominationn.

Brit.

/əˌbɒmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/əˌbɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English abhominacione, Middle English abhominacyon, Middle English abhomynacione, Middle English abhomynacioun, Middle English abhomynacyown, Middle English abominacioun, Middle English abomynacion, Middle English abomynacioun, Middle English abomynacyone, Middle English abomynacyoun, Middle English habomynacion, Middle English–1500s abhominacion, Middle English–1500s abhomynacyon, Middle English–1500s abominacion, Middle English–1600s abhominacioun, Middle English–1600s abhomynacion, 1500s abhomynacon, 1500s abominacyon, 1500s–1600s abhomination, 1600s– abomination; Scottish pre-1700 abhominacion, pre-1700 abhominacioun, pre-1700 abhomination, pre-1700 abhominatioun, pre-1700 abhominatioune, pre-1700 abhomynatyown, pre-1700 abhomynatyowne, pre-1700 abominatioun, pre-1700 1700s– abomination.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French abomination.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman abhominacion, abhominacioun, abominacion, habominacion, Anglo-Norman and Middle French abhomination, Middle French abomination horror, disgust (c1120 in Old French), abominable act or person (c1250), fault, sin (late 13th cent.), physical repugnance, nausea (1272 or earlier) < post-classical Latin abomination- , abominatio detestation, loathing, abhorrent behaviour, abominable action, object of loathing, pagan gods or their worship (Vulgate), nausea (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin abōmināt- , past participial stem of abōminārī abominate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan abhominatio (Occitan abouminacioun), Catalan abominació (14th cent.), Spanish abominación (c1440), Portuguese abominação (15th cent.), Italian abominazione (a1294).In abomination of desolation at Phrases after post-classical Latin abominatio desolationis (Vulgate). On the forms in -h- in English and French see note at abominable adj.

a. A feeling or state of mind of disgust and hatred; detestation, loathing, abhorrence. Frequently with of (also to, at). to hold (also †have) in abomination: to loathe, detest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]

wlatingc725

wlatc960

ugginga1325

uglinessc1325

loathingc1340

abominationc1350

wlatsomenessc1380

wlatingness1382

fastidie?a1425

loathsomenessc1425

ugsomenessc1450

horribility1496

detestation1526

abhorring1528

dislikingc1540

fastidiousness1541

abhorfulness1556

fulsomeness1563

execration1570

abhorment1576

detesting1591

loath?1591

abhorrence1592

abhorrency1596

dislike1597

distaste1598

disgust1611

nausea1619

oppositeness1619

nauseousness1622

detest1638

wearisomeness1642

repugnance1643

odium1645

abhorrition1649

abominate1651

nausity1654

disdain1655

repugnancy1681

degoust1716

repulsion1751

self-repugnance1852

kick1893

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) v. 7 (MED) Our Lord shal haue in abhominacioun [L. abominabitur] þe man þat sinȝeþ and þe treccherous.

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 7 (MED) As alle resonable men han greet abhominacioun of bodili sodomie..so thei shulden haue moche more abhominacioun of this withdrawynge of Goddis word.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 29 (MED) Paynemys, heþene men..schulden haue noon horroure or abhomynacioun to cristen feiþ, or ellis þe lasse horroure and þe lasse abhomynacioun and indignatioun anentis þo trouþis of cristen feiþ.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 431 [He] vysyted the hospytalles..wythout abhomynacion of dyfformyte ne of ordure or fylthe of somme pacyente.

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 96 We se gret cause to haue it in hatred & abominacion.

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere viii. p. ccccxci I se also ye some thyng ye teche among you, all most euery one, such as all those holy saintes abhorred & had in abominacyon, as for ensample the weddyng of freres & nunnes.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xiii. 4 Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines.

c1668 Bp. G. Burnet Thoughts Educ. (1914) 34 He sould therefore beget in him ane abomination at lying.

1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments ii. §i. v. 164 Our heart..renounces with horror and abomination all fellow-feeling with such execrable motives.

?1765 Compend. Trav. & Descr. Greenland v. 57 Cats are much regarded, but dogs held in abomination.

1820 W. Irving L'Envoy in Sketch Bk. II. 417 Another holds a curry or a devil in utter abomination.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 369 Tobacco in any other form than that of richly scented snuff was held in abomination.

1862 Duffy's Hibernian Mag. July 82 Even jokes which Charles notoriously held in abomination, were delivered with considerable rapidity and humour.

1910 Catholic Encycl. IX. 397/2 There are..sins directly opposed to the love of God: spiritual sloth..and the hatred of God, whether it be an abomination of God's restrictive and punitive laws or an aversion for His Sacred Person.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xvi. 364 You used that perfumed soap that tempted your own undoing, for the Lord's abomination and outrage.

1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 3 A federal Europe, a notion held in abomination by the British Tory leadership.

†b. Physical revulsion; nausea. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea

wlatingc725

unlusteOE

abominationa1398

flatingnessa1398

indignation1398

wambling1398

wlatness1398

nausea?a1425

walmingc1440

loathsomeness1536

qualming1565

subversion of the stomach1569

queasiness1576

pukishness1581

squeamishnessa1586

distaste1598

nausiness1598

wamble1603

sickness1604

distasting1605

distasture1611

nauseation1628

nauseousness1628

qualmishness1643

nauseating1651

crop-sickness1654

squeasinessa1660

mawkishness1670

qualminess1778

wambliness1900

icky1969

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 81^v Þe pacient feliþ abhominacioun & wlatsomnes & ache in þe mouþ of þe stomak.

c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 95 (MED) It represseþ þe abhominaciones of þe stomak.

?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 120 (MED) Ther comene tofore to the pacient thes tokenys..abhominacione & lothsomnesse of cold water.

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 194 (MED) Hys schyld wolde be bodely þat he schuld not loke apon hym for abominacion.

1526 Grete Herball ccclix. sig. Tvi^v/2 Peches..conforteth y^e stomake y^t..hath abhominacion of meate.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vii. viii. f. 89^v In the members of feeding fall diuers passions and euills, as in the stomacke Fastidium, wambling and abhomination, chaunging of appetite, perbraking, and such other.

2. Abhorrent behaviour; a loathsome or wicked act or practice; a detestable vice. Also in weakened sense: a disagreeable action or practice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun]

abominationc1350

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misruling?a1425

misgovernail?a1439

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misnurturea1540

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) clxxxvii. 24 (MED) Hij cleþed hym forþe in straunge goddes, and stired hym [sc. God] to wraþ in abhominacioun [L. in abominationibus].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 309 (MED) It was a grete abhomynacioun among þe Egipcians to sle reþeren or ete reþeren flesche.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 88 Of swiche vnkynde abhominacions Ne I wol noon reherce.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 149 (MED) Whether this was not an horrible abhomynacioun and a vile stinking presumpcioun, hem forto..iuge and diffame.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxi. f. cvi Y^e great Abhomynacion of thyse tyranous Danys, that brent, robbed and slewe y^e Innosent people without mercy.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Eev What an abhominacion is it? the foulest that euer was to attribute to mans worke our saluacyon.

1611 Bible (King James) Mal. ii. 11 An abomination is committed in Israel.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 94 Th' adulterous Anthony, most large In his abhominations.

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 159 He was not guilty of these monstrous Abominations.

1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 397 The abominations of the heresy of the Albigenses.

1784 E. Allen Reason ix. §2. 338 What abomination must this have been in the opinion of a nation who had monopolized all religion to themselves!

1799 C. T. Smith What is She? iii. 22 I can assure you, neither the atrocity or abomination of quitting Cheltenham is imputable to me.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 161 Bear-baiting..was the abomination which most strongly stirred the wrath of the austere sectaries.

1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxviii, in Monthly Packet Nov. 438 Ninety-five theses, many of which were directed against the special abominations of Tezel.

1878 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 268 The cruel and brutal abominations of slavery.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxix. 326 Mrs. Lynde wouldn't go; she said horse racing was an abomination.

1957 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Battle Continues 90 Roy Campbell, Fit panegyrist of Franco's abominations.

1980 Sydney Morning Herald 16 Oct. 6/2 This edict should put an end to the disgraceful practice of ‘sledging’ opponents, an abomination that has become rampant in the game over the last few years.

1990 Redemption Mar. 27/1 Its leaders, having long since ceased to speak out against spiritual evils, instead accept each new abomination as another step towards..broadmindedness.

3. That which is abominable (to a person); an object that excites disgust and hatred; a thing that is detested or detestable.Earliest in abomination of desolation (also †discomfort) at Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun]

horribility13..

abominationc1384

Satan?a1513

abhorring1550

ugliness1587

vomit1612

loathing-stock1622

abhorrency1645

abhorrence1650

nausea1654

odium1681

abominablea1687

horrible1726

detestation1728

poison1875

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. ix. 27 In the temple abomynacioun of desolacioun [L. abominatio desolationis] shal be.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 187 (MED) And fro him cometh out smoke & stynkande fuyr & so moche abhomynacioun, þat vnethe noman may þere endure.

a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) iii. i. f. 47 What stynk and what corrupcioun, what filthe & what abhominacioun, is ther inne [sc. in hell].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xxiii. 13 Malcom the abhominacion of the children of Ammon.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xii. 22 Lying lippes are abomination to the Lord.

1662 K. Evans & S. Chevers Short Relation Cruel Sufferings 32 His brightness will burn up all their abominations, and marr their beauty.

1708 Brit. Apollo 10–15 Dec. So great an Abomination was a Dog reputed by the Levitical Institution, that if any Man sold a Dog..he was not permitted to purchase any Sacrifice with the Money.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 286 Nor was it until the days of Hezekiah..that this abomination [sc. the brazen serpent] was torn from the land.

1827 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 16 1249 Drums, and the abomination of penny trumpets were in request among the younger inhabitants.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. v. 59 Brewed up flax-seed and lime-juice and quinine and willow-stems into an abomination which was dignified as beer.

1905 H. A. Evans Highways & Byways Oxf. & Cotswolds 329 The exquisite pale green transparent glass of the windows,..displaced to make room for the vulgar abomination known as ‘cathedral glass’.

1969 W. Gass Mrs. Mean ii. 90 They said she was a dirty woman, a disgrace to Russia—an abomination in the sight of the Lord.

2005 Arena May 134 Forget your offal-packed supermarket abominations and serve up these 100 per cent thoroughbred bangers.

4. A state or condition giving rise to intense disgust; a state of corruption or defilement; abominableness. Now rare.

ΚΠ

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5593 (MED) To preserue it hool fro þinges tweyne: From odour and abomynacioun.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 17324 (MED) That I sholde causen euerydel Thys grete desolacion And thys habomynacion.

?1500 Robert the Deuyll 31 I desyre youe to heare my confession Of my greate synnes the abhomynacon.

1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. S.ii He will come to so highe a degre in abhominacion, and wickednes, that yf he shoulde haue the rule ouer vs, but one day, he would bryng vs into a greate deale worse case then we be.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xv. 13 Our Lord hateth al abomination of errour.

1728 W. Webster tr. L. Maimbourg Hist. Arianism I. vi. 223 They carried things to such a degree of abomination, that they stripped and ravished, even in the sanctuary, the holy virgins.

1868 C. P. McIlvaine Righteousness by Faith (ed. 3) 137 There is..a revolting extent of abomination in the overtness and barefacedness with which the Council of Trent, and sundry Romish writers..have evolved the rudiment of merit into daring expressions of anti-christian presumption.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 117/2 Gehenna came to be regarded as a place of torment and abomination.

†5. colloquial. A disagreeably large amount (of money). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum

pounda1225

ransom?a1300

fother14..

gob1542

mint1579

king's ransomc1590

abomination1604

coda1680

a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710

plunk1767

big money1824

pot1856

big one?1863

a small fortune1874

four figures1893

poultice1902

parcel1903

bundle1905

pretty1909

real money1918

stack1919

packet1922

heavy sugar1926

motza1936

big bucks1941

bomb1958

wedge1977

megadollars1980

squillion1986

bank1995

1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 21 I ha spent an abomination this voyage.

Phrases

abomination of desolation (also †discomfort): a cause of spiritual corruption or desecration; an idol. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

c1384Abomynacioun of desolacioun [see sense 3].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiv. 15 Ȝe schulen se the abhomynacioun of discomfort [L. abominationem desolationis]..stondynge in the hooly place.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 (MED) What more abhominacioun of desolacoun in holi place þan þat a swyn do vpon þe holy vestiment and sing Goddis holy office?

1644 J. Doughty Kings Cavse 34 So many brainlesse impious positions are crept in, which like that Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the Prophet Daniel, Dan. 9. 27. have greatly poluted the house of God.

1708 E. Smith Serm. Preached Before Lord Mayor 10 It was the Glory of the Maccabees, That they purged the Temple, and removed the Abomination of Desolation.

1789 Hieroglyphick iv. 31 The Apocalyptic Beast, in all its black characters, the mystery of Iniquity, the abomination of Desolation in the Sanctuary doth now visibly appear throughout all the Pulpits of Christendom.

1850 Times 31 May 5/3 In the eyes of Sir Edward Buxton's friends, the abomination of desolation is preferable to the sight of a negro at work.

1883 R. A. Proctor Great Pyramid 197 The abomination of desolation to which..hath been assigned the name of the ‘Fifteen Puzzle’.

1910 J. O. P. Bland & E. Backhouse China under Empress Dowager xvii. 251 Seen even against the lurid background of the abomination of desolation which overtook Peking in August 1900, Ching Shan's fate was unusually tragic.

2007 Canad. Mennonite (Nexis) 11 June 7 A building such as this [sc. a shopping mall] is none other than the abomination of desolation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	abomination
释义	abominationn. Brit. /əˌbɒmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌbɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English abhominacione, Middle English abhominacyon, Middle English abhomynacione, Middle English abhomynacioun, Middle English abhomynacyown, Middle English abominacioun, Middle English abomynacion, Middle English abomynacioun, Middle English abomynacyone, Middle English abomynacyoun, Middle English habomynacion, Middle English–1500s abhominacion, Middle English–1500s abhomynacyon, Middle English–1500s abominacion, Middle English–1600s abhominacioun, Middle English–1600s abhomynacion, 1500s abhomynacon, 1500s abominacyon, 1500s–1600s abhomination, 1600s– abomination; Scottish pre-1700 abhominacion, pre-1700 abhominacioun, pre-1700 abhomination, pre-1700 abhominatioun, pre-1700 abhominatioune, pre-1700 abhomynatyown, pre-1700 abhomynatyowne, pre-1700 abominatioun, pre-1700 1700s– abomination. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French abomination. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman abhominacion, abhominacioun, abominacion, habominacion, Anglo-Norman and Middle French abhomination, Middle French abomination horror, disgust (c1120 in Old French), abominable act or person (c1250), fault, sin (late 13th cent.), physical repugnance, nausea (1272 or earlier) < post-classical Latin abomination- , abominatio detestation, loathing, abhorrent behaviour, abominable action, object of loathing, pagan gods or their worship (Vulgate), nausea (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin abōmināt- , past participial stem of abōminārī abominate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan abhominatio (Occitan abouminacioun), Catalan abominació (14th cent.), Spanish abominación (c1440), Portuguese abominação (15th cent.), Italian abominazione (a1294).In abomination of desolation at Phrases after post-classical Latin abominatio desolationis (Vulgate). On the forms in -h- in English and French see note at abominable adj. 1. a. A feeling or state of mind of disgust and hatred; detestation, loathing, abhorrence. Frequently with of (also to, at). to hold (also †have) in abomination: to loathe, detest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun] wlatingc725 wlatc960 ugginga1325 uglinessc1325 loathingc1340 abominationc1350 wlatsomenessc1380 wlatingness1382 fastidie?a1425 loathsomenessc1425 ugsomenessc1450 horribility1496 detestation1526 abhorring1528 dislikingc1540 fastidiousness1541 abhorfulness1556 fulsomeness1563 execration1570 abhorment1576 detesting1591 loath?1591 abhorrence1592 abhorrency1596 dislike1597 distaste1598 disgust1611 nausea1619 oppositeness1619 nauseousness1622 detest1638 wearisomeness1642 repugnance1643 odium1645 abhorrition1649 abominate1651 nausity1654 disdain1655 repugnancy1681 degoust1716 repulsion1751 self-repugnance1852 kick1893 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) v. 7 (MED) Our Lord shal haue in abhominacioun [L. abominabitur] þe man þat sinȝeþ and þe treccherous. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 7 (MED) As alle resonable men han greet abhominacioun of bodili sodomie..so thei shulden haue moche more abhominacioun of this withdrawynge of Goddis word. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 29 (MED) Paynemys, heþene men..schulden haue noon horroure or abhomynacioun to cristen feiþ, or ellis þe lasse horroure and þe lasse abhomynacioun and indignatioun anentis þo trouþis of cristen feiþ. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 431 [He] vysyted the hospytalles..wythout abhomynacion of dyfformyte ne of ordure or fylthe of somme pacyente. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 96 We se gret cause to haue it in hatred & abominacion. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere viii. p. ccccxci I se also ye some thyng ye teche among you, all most euery one, such as all those holy saintes abhorred & had in abominacyon, as for ensample the weddyng of freres & nunnes. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xiii. 4 Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. View more context for this quotation c1668 Bp. G. Burnet Thoughts Educ. (1914) 34 He sould therefore beget in him ane abomination at lying. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments ii. §i. v. 164 Our heart..renounces with horror and abomination all fellow-feeling with such execrable motives. ?1765 Compend. Trav. & Descr. Greenland v. 57 Cats are much regarded, but dogs held in abomination. 1820 W. Irving L'Envoy in Sketch Bk. II. 417 Another holds a curry or a devil in utter abomination. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 369 Tobacco in any other form than that of richly scented snuff was held in abomination. 1862 Duffy's Hibernian Mag. July 82 Even jokes which Charles notoriously held in abomination, were delivered with considerable rapidity and humour. 1910 Catholic Encycl. IX. 397/2 There are..sins directly opposed to the love of God: spiritual sloth..and the hatred of God, whether it be an abomination of God's restrictive and punitive laws or an aversion for His Sacred Person. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xvi. 364 You used that perfumed soap that tempted your own undoing, for the Lord's abomination and outrage. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 3 A federal Europe, a notion held in abomination by the British Tory leadership. †b. Physical revulsion; nausea. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea wlatingc725 unlusteOE abominationa1398 flatingnessa1398 indignation1398 wambling1398 wlatness1398 nausea?a1425 walmingc1440 loathsomeness1536 qualming1565 subversion of the stomach1569 queasiness1576 pukishness1581 squeamishnessa1586 distaste1598 nausiness1598 wamble1603 sickness1604 distasting1605 distasture1611 nauseation1628 nauseousness1628 qualmishness1643 nauseating1651 crop-sickness1654 squeasinessa1660 mawkishness1670 qualminess1778 wambliness1900 icky1969 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 81^v Þe pacient feliþ abhominacioun & wlatsomnes & ache in þe mouþ of þe stomak. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 95 (MED) It represseþ þe abhominaciones of þe stomak. ?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 120 (MED) Ther comene tofore to the pacient thes tokenys..abhominacione & lothsomnesse of cold water. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 194 (MED) Hys schyld wolde be bodely þat he schuld not loke apon hym for abominacion. 1526 Grete Herball ccclix. sig. Tvi^v/2 Peches..conforteth y^e stomake y^t..hath abhominacion of meate. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vii. viii. f. 89^v In the members of feeding fall diuers passions and euills, as in the stomacke Fastidium, wambling and abhomination, chaunging of appetite, perbraking, and such other. 2. Abhorrent behaviour; a loathsome or wicked act or practice; a detestable vice. Also in weakened sense: a disagreeable action or practice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] abominationc1350 misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misruling?a1425 misgovernail?a1439 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misnurturea1540 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) clxxxvii. 24 (MED) Hij cleþed hym forþe in straunge goddes, and stired hym [sc. God] to wraþ in abhominacioun [L. in abominationibus]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 309 (MED) It was a grete abhomynacioun among þe Egipcians to sle reþeren or ete reþeren flesche. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 88 Of swiche vnkynde abhominacions Ne I wol noon reherce. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 149 (MED) Whether this was not an horrible abhomynacioun and a vile stinking presumpcioun, hem forto..iuge and diffame. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxi. f. cvi Y^e great Abhomynacion of thyse tyranous Danys, that brent, robbed and slewe y^e Innosent people without mercy. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Eev What an abhominacion is it? the foulest that euer was to attribute to mans worke our saluacyon. 1611 Bible (King James) Mal. ii. 11 An abomination is committed in Israel. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 94 Th' adulterous Anthony, most large In his abhominations. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 159 He was not guilty of these monstrous Abominations. 1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 397 The abominations of the heresy of the Albigenses. 1784 E. Allen Reason ix. §2. 338 What abomination must this have been in the opinion of a nation who had monopolized all religion to themselves! 1799 C. T. Smith What is She? iii. 22 I can assure you, neither the atrocity or abomination of quitting Cheltenham is imputable to me. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 161 Bear-baiting..was the abomination which most strongly stirred the wrath of the austere sectaries. 1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxviii, in Monthly Packet Nov. 438 Ninety-five theses, many of which were directed against the special abominations of Tezel. 1878 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 268 The cruel and brutal abominations of slavery. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxix. 326 Mrs. Lynde wouldn't go; she said horse racing was an abomination. 1957 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Battle Continues 90 Roy Campbell, Fit panegyrist of Franco's abominations. 1980 Sydney Morning Herald 16 Oct. 6/2 This edict should put an end to the disgraceful practice of ‘sledging’ opponents, an abomination that has become rampant in the game over the last few years. 1990 Redemption Mar. 27/1 Its leaders, having long since ceased to speak out against spiritual evils, instead accept each new abomination as another step towards..broadmindedness. 3. That which is abominable (to a person); an object that excites disgust and hatred; a thing that is detested or detestable.Earliest in abomination of desolation (also †discomfort) at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] horribility13.. abominationc1384 Satan?a1513 abhorring1550 ugliness1587 vomit1612 loathing-stock1622 abhorrency1645 abhorrence1650 nausea1654 odium1681 abominablea1687 horrible1726 detestation1728 poison1875 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. ix. 27 In the temple abomynacioun of desolacioun [L. abominatio desolationis] shal be. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 187 (MED) And fro him cometh out smoke & stynkande fuyr & so moche abhomynacioun, þat vnethe noman may þere endure. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) iii. i. f. 47 What stynk and what corrupcioun, what filthe & what abhominacioun, is ther inne [sc. in hell]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xxiii. 13 Malcom the abhominacion of the children of Ammon. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xii. 22 Lying lippes are abomination to the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1662 K. Evans & S. Chevers Short Relation Cruel Sufferings 32 His brightness will burn up all their abominations, and marr their beauty. 1708 Brit. Apollo 10–15 Dec. So great an Abomination was a Dog reputed by the Levitical Institution, that if any Man sold a Dog..he was not permitted to purchase any Sacrifice with the Money. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 286 Nor was it until the days of Hezekiah..that this abomination [sc. the brazen serpent] was torn from the land. 1827 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 16 1249 Drums, and the abomination of penny trumpets were in request among the younger inhabitants. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. v. 59 Brewed up flax-seed and lime-juice and quinine and willow-stems into an abomination which was dignified as beer. 1905 H. A. Evans Highways & Byways Oxf. & Cotswolds 329 The exquisite pale green transparent glass of the windows,..displaced to make room for the vulgar abomination known as ‘cathedral glass’. 1969 W. Gass Mrs. Mean ii. 90 They said she was a dirty woman, a disgrace to Russia—an abomination in the sight of the Lord. 2005 Arena May 134 Forget your offal-packed supermarket abominations and serve up these 100 per cent thoroughbred bangers. 4. A state or condition giving rise to intense disgust; a state of corruption or defilement; abominableness. Now rare. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5593 (MED) To preserue it hool fro þinges tweyne: From odour and abomynacioun. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 17324 (MED) That I sholde causen euerydel Thys grete desolacion And thys habomynacion. ?1500 Robert the Deuyll 31 I desyre youe to heare my confession Of my greate synnes the abhomynacon. 1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. S.ii He will come to so highe a degre in abhominacion, and wickednes, that yf he shoulde haue the rule ouer vs, but one day, he would bryng vs into a greate deale worse case then we be. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xv. 13 Our Lord hateth al abomination of errour. 1728 W. Webster tr. L. Maimbourg Hist. Arianism I. vi. 223 They carried things to such a degree of abomination, that they stripped and ravished, even in the sanctuary, the holy virgins. 1868 C. P. McIlvaine Righteousness by Faith (ed. 3) 137 There is..a revolting extent of abomination in the overtness and barefacedness with which the Council of Trent, and sundry Romish writers..have evolved the rudiment of merit into daring expressions of anti-christian presumption. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 117/2 Gehenna came to be regarded as a place of torment and abomination. †5. colloquial. A disagreeably large amount (of money). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 21 I ha spent an abomination this voyage. Phrases abomination of desolation (also †discomfort): a cause of spiritual corruption or desecration; an idol. Also in extended use. ΚΠ c1384Abomynacioun of desolacioun [see sense 3]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiv. 15 Ȝe schulen se the abhomynacioun of discomfort [L. abominationem desolationis]..stondynge in the hooly place. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 (MED) What more abhominacioun of desolacoun in holi place þan þat a swyn do vpon þe holy vestiment and sing Goddis holy office? 1644 J. Doughty Kings Cavse 34 So many brainlesse impious positions are crept in, which like that Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the Prophet Daniel, Dan. 9. 27. have greatly poluted the house of God. 1708 E. Smith Serm. Preached Before Lord Mayor 10 It was the Glory of the Maccabees, That they purged the Temple, and removed the Abomination of Desolation. 1789 Hieroglyphick iv. 31 The Apocalyptic Beast, in all its black characters, the mystery of Iniquity, the abomination of Desolation in the Sanctuary doth now visibly appear throughout all the Pulpits of Christendom. 1850 Times 31 May 5/3 In the eyes of Sir Edward Buxton's friends, the abomination of desolation is preferable to the sight of a negro at work. 1883 R. A. Proctor Great Pyramid 197 The abomination of desolation to which..hath been assigned the name of the ‘Fifteen Puzzle’. 1910 J. O. P. Bland & E. Backhouse China under Empress Dowager xvii. 251 Seen even against the lurid background of the abomination of desolation which overtook Peking in August 1900, Ching Shan's fate was unusually tragic. 2007 Canad. Mennonite (Nexis) 11 June 7 A building such as this [sc. a shopping mall] is none other than the abomination of desolation. 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