abomeno

Esperanto

Etymology

From French abomination; English abomination. Compare Ido abomino and Interlingua abomination.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aboˈmeno]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧me‧no

Noun

abomeno (uncountable, accusative abomenon)

1. abomination, disgust, loathing
   • 1998, Edwin Grobe (translator), “Mia Kontrabandulo” (“My Contraband, or, The Brothers” by Louisa May Alcott,^[1]

     Stranga silento plenigis la ĉambron dum la pli aĝa frato tenis la vivon de la pli juna frato pendanta en la mano, hezitante inter malhela espero kaj mortiga abomeno.

     A strange stillness filled the room as the elder brother held the younger’s life suspended in his hand, while wavering between a dim hope and a deadly hate.

Further reading

• abomen' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905
• “abomeno”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020