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See also:ABOMINATION (from See also:Lat. ab, from, and orninare, to .fore-See also:bode) , anything contrary to See also:omen, and therefore regarded with aversion; a word used often in the See also:Bible to denote evil doctrinesor ceremonial practices which were impure . An incorrect derivation was ab homine (i.e, inhuman), and the spelling of the See also:adjective "abominable" in the first See also:Shakespeare See also:folio is always " abhominable." Colloquially " See also:abomination " and " abominable" are used to mean simply excessive in a disagreeable sense . |
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