abhorrency

English

Etymology

abhorrence +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əˈbɔɹɪnsi/
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Noun

abhorrency (plural abhorrencies)

  1. (obsolete) Aberrancy. [Attested only in the late 16th century.][1]
  2. (obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. [Attested from the early 17th century until the early 18th century.][1]
  3. (obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. [Attested only in the early 18th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhorrency”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
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