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Meaning of abhominal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable.

obsolete

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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