bdelygmia  bdelygmia
 del-ig'-mi-a Gk. "nausea, disgust"
abominatio

Expressing hatred and abhorrence of a person, word, or deed.
 
Examples
  I do hate a proud man, as I do hate the
engend'ring of toads.
—Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 2.3.158-159
Related Figures
 

 
  Sources: Peacham (1593) ("abominatio")


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