abhorrency
English
Etymology
abhorrence + -y
Noun
abhorrency (plural abhorrencies)
- (obsolete) Aberrancy. [Attested only in the late 16th century.][1]
- (obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. [Attested from the early 17th century until the early 18th century.][1]
- (obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. [Attested only in the early 18th century.][1]
Related terms
- abhor
- abhorred
- abhorrence
- abhorrent
- abhorrently
- abhorrer
- abhorrible
- abhorring
References
- “abhorrency” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.