abhorrer

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English

Etymology

abhor +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əbˈhɔː.ɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈhɔɹ.ɚ/
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Noun

abhorrer (plural abhorrers)

  1. One who abhors.
    • 1839, Jeremy Bentham, edited by John Bowring, The works of Jeremy Bentham, now first collected; under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring, page 450:
      Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Catholic barbarities, the barbarity has, in respect of the number of intended victims, no limits other than those of time.
    • 1948, Joseph Wood Krutch, Henry David Thoreau, page 236:
      The “even be killed” is not comic, for Thoreau the individualist must have found it in theory as difficult to imagine himself dying for others as Thoreau the abhorrer of violence found it difficult to imagine himself killing another individual.
    • 1959, Dorothy Sterling, Mary Jane, page 83:
      Hate, detester, abhorrer. Enemy, ennemi. With her tongue curled over her lip, she copied them in her notebook, then made them into sentences.
    • 1970, Robert Leckie, Warfare, page 128:
      Thus, chiefly through the efforts of this lover of peace and abhorrer of war, the art of maiming and killing became ever more efficient.
    • 1999, Guy A. J. Tops et al., Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser, page 59:
      The problem of usage comes in for abhorrer in various ways: There are 63 entries with the root abhor, including 3 abhorrer, 17 abhorrence.
  2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
    • 1890, Thomas de Quincey, edited by David Masson, The Collected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, page 389:
      Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word fleas, so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of addresser and abhorrer […]
    • 1949, Felix Morley, The Power in the People, page 76:
      Whether “Petitioner” or “Abhorrer”, his opinion was asked and use of his undistinguished name was requested […]
    • 1966, Robert Gourlay, General Introduction to Statistical Account of Upper Canada, page 1:
      He might be assimilated to a madman, but the honourable Gentleman himself was an abhorrer, and an abhorrer could not reason.
    • 1999, Guy A. J. Tops et al., Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser, page 59:
      The terms petitioners and abhorrers in this context were later superseded by Whig and Tory.

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References

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French abhorrer, borrowed from Latin abhorrere. Cf. also the Old French inherited form avourrir.

Pronunciation

Verb

abhorrer

  1. to abominate, to abhor, to loathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of abhorrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abhorrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abhorrant
/a.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abhorré
/a.bɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abhorre
/a.bɔʁ/ 		abhorres
/a.bɔʁ/ 		abhorre
/a.bɔʁ/ 		abhorrons
/a.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		abhorrez
/a.bɔ.ʁe/ 		abhorrent
/a.bɔʁ/
imperfect abhorrais
/a.bɔ.ʁɛ/ 		abhorrais
/a.bɔ.ʁɛ/ 		abhorrait
/a.bɔ.ʁɛ/ 		abhorrions
/a.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abhorriez
/a.bɔ.ʁje/ 		abhorraient
/a.bɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 abhorrai
/a.bɔ.ʁe/ 		abhorras
/a.bɔ.ʁa/ 		abhorra
/a.bɔ.ʁa/ 		abhorrâmes
/a.bɔ.ʁam/ 		abhorrâtes
/a.bɔ.ʁat/ 		abhorrèrent
/a.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future abhorrerai
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		abhorreras
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		abhorrera
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		abhorrerons
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		abhorrerez
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		abhorreront
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abhorrerais
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		abhorrerais
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		abhorrerait
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		abhorrerions
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abhorreriez
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		abhorreraient
/a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abhorre
/a.bɔʁ/ 		abhorres
/a.bɔʁ/ 		abhorre
/a.bɔʁ/ 		abhorrions
/a.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abhorriez
/a.bɔ.ʁje/ 		abhorrent
/a.bɔʁ/
imperfect2 abhorrasse
/a.bɔ.ʁas/ 		abhorrasses
/a.bɔ.ʁas/ 		abhorrât
/a.bɔ.ʁa/ 		abhorrassions
/a.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		abhorrassiez
/a.bɔ.ʁa.sje/ 		abhorrassent
/a.bɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abhorre
/a.bɔʁ/ 		— abhorrons
/a.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		abhorrez
/a.bɔ.ʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → Basque: aborritu

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abhorrēre, present active infinitive of abhorreō. Displaced earlier avourrir. First attested in 1327.

Verb

abhorrer

  1. to abhor

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of abhorrer
infinitive simple abhorrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple abhorrant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle abhorré
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abhorre abhorres abhorre abhorrons abhorrez abhorrent
imperfect abhorrois, abhorroys abhorrois, abhorroys abhorroit, abhorroyt abhorrions, abhorryons abhorriez, abhorryez abhorroient, abhorroyent
past historic abhorra abhorras abhorra abhorrasmes abhorrastes abhorrerent
future abhorrerai, abhorreray abhorreras abhorrera abhorrerons abhorrerez abhorreront
conditional abhorrerois, abhorreroys abhorrerois, abhorreroys abhorreroit, abhorreroyt abhorrerions, abhorreryons abhorreriez, abhorreryez abhorreroient, abhorreroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abhorre abhorres abhorre abhorrons abhorrez abhorrent
imperfect abhorrasse abhorrasses abhorrast abhorrassions abhorrassiez abhorrassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abhorre — abhorrons abhorrez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

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