Execrableness

/ɪɡˈzɛkrəbəlnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being execrable; the degree to which something is utterly detestable or hateful.

Etymology

From 'execrable' (from Latin 'execrabilis') plus the suffix '-ness,' which forms nouns expressing qualities or states. The root 'execrari' means 'to curse.'

Kelly Says

Medieval writers would use 'execrableness' to describe truly horrifying things—the suffix '-ness' let them measure evil itself, as if sinfulness came in degrees they could quantify.

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