abominableの意味・使い方・発音

abominable

英 [ə'bɒm(ə)nəb(ə)l] 美 [ə'bɑmɪnəbl]

abominable: abominable: [14] The Latin original of this word meant ‘shun as an evil omen’. The prefix ab- ‘away’ was added to ōmen (source of English omen) to produce the verb abōminārī. From this was created the adjective abōminābilis, which reached English via Old French. From the 14th to the 17th century there was a general misapprehension that abominable was derived from Latin ab hominem ‘away from man’, hence ‘beastly, unnatural’.

This piece of fanciful folk etymology not only perpetuated the erroneous spelling abhominable throughout this period, but also seems to have contributed significantly to making the adjective much more strongly condemnatory.
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abominable (adj.): mid-14c., from Old French abominable (12c.) and directly from Late Latin abominabilis "deserving abhorrence," from stem of Latin abominari "deplore as an evil omen" (see abomination). Sometimes misdivided in earlier centuries as a bominable. Also often abhominable 14c.-17c. Related: Abominably.

1. The President described the killings asan abominable crime.: 大統領はこれらの血事件を人を怒らせる犯罪だと呼んでいる。

2.English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable .: イギリスにも美食がありますが、一般的な日常の食事はあまりにもひどいです。

3.The judge described the attack asan abominable crime.: 裁判官はその襲撃を人を怒らせる犯罪と呼んだ。

5.The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable .: このレストランの衛生状態は最悪だ。