definition of the word abhominable

A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc.

abhominable (comparative more abhominable, superlative most abhominable)

1. abominable

   Quotation

   • This is abhominable, which he [Don Armado] would call abominable - Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V-i

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