abjekt

Borrowed from French abject.

abjekt (strong nominative masculine singular abjekter, comparative abjekter, superlative am abjektesten)

1. abject
2. despicable

• IPA^(key): /abˈjɛkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt
• Hyphenation: ab‧jekt

From French abject (“abject; vile, despicable”), from Latin abiectus (“thrown or cast aside; abandoned, overthrown”), perfect passive participle of abiciō (“I throw away/down; abandon, overthrow; humble”), from both ab (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from iaciō (“I throw, hurl, cast, fling”), from Proto-Italic *jakjō (“throw (down)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁-k-ye-, causative of *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”).

abjekt (neuter singular abjekt, definite singular and plural abjekte, comparative mer abjekt, superlative mest abjekt)

1. (art, philosophy) abject (degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable)

   Synonyms: avskyelig, frastøtende, tabubelagt

   • 2013 January 18, Morgenbladet, page 36:

     [kunstverket] understreket de eksessive og abjekte sidene ved forbrukersamfunnet i form av glorete gipsskulpturer av kremkaker og hofteholdere

     emphasized the excessive and abject aspects of the consumer society in the form of gaudy plaster sculptures of cream cakes and hip holders

   • 2013 April 12, Dagbladet, page 66:

     surmagede representanter for den intellektuelle middelklasse kjenner et behov for å markere connaiseurship eller autentisitet ved å gjøre Justin Bieber til det abjekte, en persona non grata

     sour-minded representatives of the intellectual middle class feel a need to mark connaiseurship or authenticity by making Justin Bieber the abject, a persona non grata

From Latin abiectus (“thrown or cast aside; abandoned, overthrown”), perfect passive participle of abiciō (“I throw away/down; abandon, overthrow; humble”), from both ab (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from iaciō (“I throw, hurl, cast, fling”), from Proto-Italic *jakjō (“throw (down)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁-k-ye-, causative of *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”).

abjekt (neuter singular abjekt, definite singular and plural abjekte, comparative mer abjekt, superlative mest abjekt)

1. (obsolete) abject (showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched)

   Synonyms: lav, ussel, nedrig, foraktelig

   • 1977, Conrad Nicolai Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 292:

     at jeg, som ved to sygdomme havde lært at kjende farerne ved omgang med løse fruentimmer, nu som nygift skulde fortsætte slig omgang, vilde have været samvittighedsløst og ligefrem abject

     that I, who by two diseases had learned to know the dangers of dealing with loose mistresses, now as a newlywed should continue such dealings, would have been unscrupulous and downright abject

• “abjekt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abjekt” in Store norske leksikon