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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Derivative of [[abhor]]
{{-er|abhor}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
*{{audio|en-us-abhorrer.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en-us-abhorrer.ogg|Audio (US)}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# One who [[abhors]].
# One who [[abhors]].
#*'''1839''': Jeremy Bentham & John Bowring, ''The works of Jeremy Bentham, now first collected; under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring'', p450
#* '''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.
#*: 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
#* '''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.
#*: 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
#* '''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.
#*: 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
#* '''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.
#*: 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
#* '''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.
#*: The problem of usage comes in for '''abhorrer''' in various ways: There are 63 entries with the root abhor, including 3 '''abhorrer''', 17 abhorrence.
# {{context|historical}} A [[nickname]] given in the early 17<sup>th</sup> century to [[signatories]] of [[addresses]] of [[abhorrence]].
# {{context|historical}} A [[nickname]] given in the early 17<sup>th</sup> century to [[signatories]] of [[addresses]] of [[abhorrence]].
#*'''1890''': Thomas de Quincey & David Masson, ''The Collected Writings of Thomas de Quincey'', p389
#* '''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'''''…
#*: 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
#* '''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…
#*: 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
#* '''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.
#*: 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
#* '''1999''', Guy A. J. Tops [[et alios]], ''Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser'', p59
#*:The terms ''petitioners'' and '''''abhorrer'''s'' in this context were later superseded by Whig and Tory.
#*: The terms ''petitioners'' and '''''abhorrer'{{s}} in this context were later superseded by Whig and Tory.


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
*[[abhor]]
* [[abhor]]
*[[abhorred]]
* [[abhorred]]
*[[abhorrence]]
* [[abhorrence]]
*[[abhorrency]]
* [[abhorrency]]
*[[abhorrent]]
* [[abhorrent]]
*[[abhorrently]]
* [[abhorrently]]
*[[abhorrible]]
* [[abhorrible]]
*[[abhorring]]
* [[abhorring]]


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
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===Verb===
===Verb===
{{fr-verb}}
{{fr-verb}}

# To [[abominate]], [[abhor]] or [[loathe]].
# To [[abominate]], [[abhor]] or [[loathe]].


====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====
{{fr-conj-er|abhorr|avoir}}
{{fr-conj-er|abhorr|avoir}}

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==Middle French==

===Verb===
{{infl|frm|verb}}

# to [[abhor]]

====Coonjugation====
{{frm-conj-er|abhorr}}


[[de:abhorrer]]
[[de:abhorrer]]

Revision as of 12:52, 7 July 2011

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

abhorrer (plural abhorrers)

  1. One who abhors.
    • 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.
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    • 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
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Anagrams


French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) abhorrēre, present active infinitive of (deprecated template usage) abhorreō.

Pronunciation

Verb

abhorrer

  1. To abominate, abhor or loathe.

Conjugation

Template:fr-conj-er


Middle French

Verb

(deprecated template usage) abhorrer

  1. to abhor

Coonjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.