abjecture

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noun

abjection; forlornness

OriginLatin abiectura →
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Meanings

nounabjecture (plural abjectures)

plural abjectures

  1. abjection; forlornness

    But he had none of the assumed, servile, oriental abjectures that leads man to revile himself as a worthless worm of the dust

    1876, Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, volume 3

Origin

  1. Latinabiectura
  2. Englishabjecture

From Latin abiectura.

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Chicago

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