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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 67 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABOMINATION (from
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Lat. ab, from, and orninare, to .fore-
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bode)  , anything contrary to
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omen, and therefore regarded with aversion; a word used often in the
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Bible to denote evil doctrinesor ceremonial practices which were impure . An incorrect derivation was ab homine (i.e, inhuman), and the spelling of the
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adjective "abominable" in the first
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Shakespeare
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folio is always " abhominable." Colloquially "
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abomination " and " abominable" are used to mean simply excessive in a disagreeable sense .

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