perhorreszieren

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perhorrēscere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁhɔʁɛsˈt͡siːʁən/
  • Hyphenation: per‧hor‧res‧zie‧ren
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Verb

perhorreszieren (weak, third-person singular present perhorresziert, past tense perhorreszierte, past participle perhorresziert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to abominate, abhor
    • 1914, Magnus Hirschfeld, Die Homosexualität des Mannes und des Weibes, Berlin: Louis Marcus, page 98:
      Es gibt homosexuelle Manner, die jede weibliche Bedienung perhorreszieren, „prinzipiell“ deshalb nicht in Restaurants, in denen Kellnerinnen servieren, gehen.
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    • 2018 May 16, Jens Jessen, “Wo wohnt die Angst?”, in Die Zeit:
      Offenbar entwickelt, was hier als Kampfhund perhorresziert wird, andernorts ganz andere Eigenschaften; wie auch die Gabunviper, die bei Hagenbeck dem Schrecken dient, in Afrika als leckere und ihrer Trägheit halber leicht zu fangende Delikatesse gilt.
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