abhorrer

English

Etymology

abhor +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /æbˈhɔɹ.ɘ/, /æbˈhɔɹ.ɚ/

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Noun

abhorrer (plural abhorrers)

1. One who abhors. [Early 17^th century.]
   • 1839, Jeremy Bentham & John Bowring, The works of Jeremy Bentham, now first collected; under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring, p450

     Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Catholic barbarities, the barbarity has, in respect of the number of intended victims, no limits other than those of time.

   • 1948, Joseph Wood Krutch, Henry David Thoreau, p236

     The “even be killed” is not comic, for Thoreau the individualist must have found it in theory as difficult to imagine himself dying for others as Thoreau the abhorrer of violence found it difficult to imagine himself killing another individual.

   • 1959, Dorothy Sterling, Mary Jane, p83

     Hate, detester, abhorrer. Enemy, ennemi. With her tongue curled over her lip, she copied them in her notebook, then made them into sentences.

   • 1970, Robert Leckie, Warfare, p128

     Thus, chiefly through the efforts of this lover of peace and abhorrer of war, the art of maiming and killing became ever more efficient.

   • 1999, Guy A. J. Tops et alios, Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser, p59

     The problem of usage comes in for abhorrer in various ways: There are 63 entries with the root abhor, including 3 abhorrer, 17 abhorrence.

2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17^th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, adressed to Charles II. [Early 17^th century.]
   • 1890, Thomas de Quincey & David Masson, The Collected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, p389

     Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word fleas, so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of addresser and abhorrer…

   • 1949, Felix Morley, The Power in the People, p76

     Whether “Petitioner” or “Abhorrer”, his opinion was asked and use of his undistinguished name was requested…

   • 1966, Robert Gourlay, General Introduction to Statistical Account of Upper Canada, p1

     He might be assimilated to a madman, but the honourable Gentleman himself was an abhorrer, and an abhorrer could not reason.

   • 1999, Guy A. J. Tops et alios, Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser, p59

     The terms petitioners and abhorrers in this context were later superseded by Whig and Tory.

Related terms

• abhor
• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrency
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhorrible
• abhorring

Anagrams

• harborer

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French

Etymology

From Latin abhorrēre, present active infinitive of abhorreō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.bɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

abhorrer

1. to abominate, to abhor, toloathe

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abhorrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abhorrer			avoir abhorré
gerund		en abhorrant			en ayant abhorré
present participle		abhorrant
past participle		abhorré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	abhorre	abhorres	abhorre	abhorrons	abhorrez	abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrais	abhorrais	abhorrait	abhorrions	abhorriez	abhorraient
	past historic1	abhorrai	abhorras	abhorra	abhorrâmes	abhorrâtes	abhorrèrent
	future	abhorrerai	abhorreras	abhorrera	abhorrerons	abhorrerez	abhorreront
	conditional	abhorrerais	abhorrerais	abhorrerait	abhorrerions	abhorreriez	abhorreraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	abhorre	abhorres	abhorre	abhorrions	abhorriez	abhorrent
	imperfect1	abhorrasse	abhorrasses	abhorrât	abhorrassions	abhorrassiez	abhorrassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	abhorre	—	abhorrons	abhorrez	—
1literary tenses

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Middle French

Verb

abhorrer

1. to abhor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abhorrer

		simple			compound
infinitive		abhorrer			avoir abhorré
gerund		en abhorrant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		abhorrant
past participle		abhorré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	abhorre	abhorres	abhorre	abhorrons	abhorrez	abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrois, abhorroys	abhorrois, abhorroys	abhorroit, abhorroyt	abhorrions, abhorryons	abhorriez, abhorryez	abhorroient, abhorroyent
	past historic	abhorra	abhorras	abhorra	abhorrasmes	abhorrastes	abhorrerent
	future	abhorrerai, abhorreray	abhorreras	abhorrera	abhorrerons	abhorrerez	abhorreront
	conditional	abhorrerois, abhorreroys	abhorrerois, abhorreroys	abhorreroit, abhorreroyt	abhorrerions, abhorreryons	abhorreriez, abhorreryez	abhorreroient, abhorreroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	abhorre	abhorres	abhorre	abhorrons	abhorrez	abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrasse	abhorrasses	abhorrast	abhorrassions	abhorrassiez	abhorrassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	abhorre	—	abhorrons	abhorrez	—