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abhorrent (adj.)
1610s, "in a position or condition to recoil," usually with
from
; from Latin
abhorentem
(nominative
abhorrens
), present participle of
abhorrere
; see
abhor
. Meaning "repugnant" is from 1650s. Earlier was
abhorrable
(late 15c.).
