abominableness

English

Etymology

From abominable +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩.nəs/, /əˈbɑm.nə.bl̩.nəs/
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Noun

abominableness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being abominable; odiousness. [First attested in the early 16th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abominableness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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