abhorrer

English

Etymology

From abhor +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əbˈhɔː.ɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈhɔɹ.ɚ/

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Noun

abhorrer (plural abhorrers)

1. One who abhors. [Early 17^th century.]
   • 1839, Jeremy Bentham, edited by John Bowring, The works of Jeremy Bentham, now first collected; under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring, page 450:

     Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Catholic barbarities, the barbarity has, in respect of the number of intended victims, no limits other than those of time.

   • 1948, Joseph Wood Krutch, Henry David Thoreau, page 236:

     The “even be killed” is not comic, for Thoreau the individualist must have found it in theory as difficult to imagine himself dying for others as Thoreau the abhorrer of violence found it difficult to imagine himself killing another individual.

   • 1959, Dorothy Sterling, Mary Jane, page 83:

     Hate, detester, abhorrer. Enemy, ennemi. With her tongue curled over her lip, she copied them in her notebook, then made them into sentences.

   • 1970, Robert Leckie, Warfare, page 128:

     Thus, chiefly through the efforts of this lover of peace and abhorrer of war, the art of maiming and killing became ever more efficient.

   • 1999, Guy A. J. Tops et al., Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser, page 59:

     The problem of usage comes in for abhorrer in various ways: There are 63 entries with the root abhor, including 3 abhorrer, 17 abhorrence.

2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17^th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II. [Early 17^th century.]
   • 1890, Thomas de Quincey, edited by David Masson, The Collected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, page 389:

     Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word fleas, so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of addresser and abhorrer […]

   • 1949, Felix Morley, The Power in the People, page 76:

     Whether “Petitioner” or “Abhorrer”, his opinion was asked and use of his undistinguished name was requested […]

   • 1966, Robert Gourlay, General Introduction to Statistical Account of Upper Canada, page 1:

     He might be assimilated to a madman, but the honourable Gentleman himself was an abhorrer, and an abhorrer could not reason.

   • 1999, Guy A. J. Tops et al., Thinking English Grammar: to honour Xavier Dekeyser, page 59:

     The terms petitioners and abhorrers in this context were later superseded by Whig and Tory.

Related terms

• abhor
• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrency
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhorrible
• abhorring

Anagrams

• harborer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French abhorrer, borrowed from Latin abhorrere. Cf. also the Old French inherited form avourrir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

abhorrer

1. to abominate, to abhor, to loathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of abhorrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abhorrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abhorrant /a.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abhorré /a.bɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abhorre /a.bɔʁ/	abhorres /a.bɔʁ/	abhorre /a.bɔʁ/	abhorrons /a.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/	abhorrez /a.bɔ.ʁe/	abhorrent /a.bɔʁ/
	imperfect	abhorrais /a.bɔ.ʁɛ/	abhorrais /a.bɔ.ʁɛ/	abhorrait /a.bɔ.ʁɛ/	abhorrions /a.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	abhorriez /a.bɔ.ʁje/	abhorraient /a.bɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	abhorrai /a.bɔ.ʁe/	abhorras /a.bɔ.ʁa/	abhorra /a.bɔ.ʁa/	abhorrâmes /a.bɔ.ʁam/	abhorrâtes /a.bɔ.ʁat/	abhorrèrent /a.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	abhorrerai /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	abhorreras /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	abhorrera /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	abhorrerons /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	abhorrerez /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	abhorreront /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abhorrerais /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	abhorrerais /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	abhorrerait /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	abhorrerions /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	abhorreriez /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	abhorreraient /a.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	abhorre /a.bɔʁ/	abhorres /a.bɔʁ/	abhorre /a.bɔʁ/	abhorrions /a.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	abhorriez /a.bɔ.ʁje/	abhorrent /a.bɔʁ/
	imperfect2	abhorrasse /a.bɔ.ʁas/	abhorrasses /a.bɔ.ʁas/	abhorrât /a.bɔ.ʁa/	abhorrassions /a.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	abhorrassiez /a.bɔ.ʁa.sje/	abhorrassent /a.bɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abhorre /a.bɔʁ/	—	abhorrons /a.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/	abhorrez /a.bɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

• → Basque: aborritu

Further reading

• “abhorrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abhorrēre, present active infinitive of abhorreō. Displaced earlier avourrir. First attested in 1327.

Verb

abhorrer

1. to abhor

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of abhorrer

infinitive	simple	abhorrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	abhorrant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		abhorré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abhorre	abhorres	abhorre	abhorrons	abhorrez	abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrois, abhorroys	abhorrois, abhorroys	abhorroit, abhorroyt	abhorrions, abhorryons	abhorriez, abhorryez	abhorroient, abhorroyent
	past historic	abhorra	abhorras	abhorra	abhorrasmes	abhorrastes	abhorrerent
	future	abhorrerai, abhorreray	abhorreras	abhorrera	abhorrerons	abhorrerez	abhorreront
	conditional	abhorrerois, abhorreroys	abhorrerois, abhorreroys	abhorreroit, abhorreroyt	abhorrerions, abhorreryons	abhorreriez, abhorreryez	abhorreroient, abhorreroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	abhorre	abhorres	abhorre	abhorrons	abhorrez	abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrasse	abhorrasses	abhorrast	abhorrassions	abhorrassiez	abhorrassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abhorre	—	abhorrons	abhorrez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: abhorrer