Definitions

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  • noun rhetoric bdelygmia
  • noun rhetoric apodioxis

Etymologies

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From Latin

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Examples

  • Decetis, Viri pecuarii fuerunt servi tui a pueritia nostra et usque nunc, etiam nos, etiam patres nostri: ut habitetis in terra Gosen, quia abominatio Aegyptiis est omnis pastor pecudum ..

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • In 20 years of being out, I have had one friend disown me because of my lesbianism ­, I have had one co-worker tell me that I was an abominatio ­n to God and that was only in May of this year, and I have had zero experience ­s with overt or subtle discrimina­tion directed at me personally ­.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David Leddick 2011

  • Not end it like he should Well, I think this makes the 2nd time he signs off on this abominatio ­n.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • His term as president is nearly identical to George Bush's except for the fact that Bush pushed through abominatio ­ns like the patriot act.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David Bromwich 2011

  • There are too many ways to violate peoples rights where personal judgements have been given up,just for a chance to touch someone privately,and in their private areas,even if others are abominatio nascitur autumno hic est tuum temptamen quod temptat tua potentia

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • abominatio nascitur autumno hic est tuum temptamen quod temptat tua potentia

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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