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abominate

The origin and history of abominate.

Etymology

First recorded in 1644. It may be a back-formation from abomination, or alternatively may come from Late Latin abōminātus, the past participle of abōminarī ("to deprecate as an ill omen"), made up of ab and ominari ("to forebode, presage"), from omen.

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