2. Excessive; large; — used as an intensive. [Obs.]
Note: Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars." G. P. Marsh.
ABOMINABLENESS
A*bom"i*na*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.
ABOMINABLY
A*bom"i*na*bly, adv.
Defn: In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
ABOMINATE
A*bom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abominated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Abominating.] Etym: [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate
as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen.]
Defn: To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.
Syn.
— To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
ABOMINATION
A*bom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [OE. abominacioun, -cion, F. abominatio.
See Abominate.]