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 17th century.][1]
    • 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 17th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, adressed to Charles II. [Early 17th century.][1]
    • 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.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.01.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 4:

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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 —
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