execrable

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:32:02

Ex"e*cra*ble (?), a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. ex'ecrable. See Execrate.]

Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.

"Execrable pride."

Hooker.

-- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.

 

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