abhominalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

abhominal (comparative more abhominal, superlative most abhominal)

1. (obsolete) Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable.
   • 1826, Thomas Wright (of Ludlow.), The history and antiquities of ... Ludlow; with lives of the presidents, and accounts of gentlemen's seats, &c, page 65:

     Tyrrel was, on the accession of Henry VII. arraigned, and after a full confession beheaded on Tower hill; and King Richard himself, "after this abhominal dede dooen never was quiet in his minde, he never ...

   • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, London : Printed for T. Tegg by J. Nichols, page 517:

     Reader, what could I have written more fully and freely in the cordial detestation of such abhominal* libels?

     […]

     *This is one of Fuller's humorous exemplifications of verbal criticisms, deriving our common word "abominable" from ab and homo, homonis, and thus converting it into the very expressive term abhominal, "unworthy of a man," "unmanly,", "inhuman."—EDIT.

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