What does abhominal mean?
Abhominal means (obsolete) Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable..
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 ...
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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Abhominal means (obsolete) Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable..
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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 ...
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