Helen Fenton

Aborigines: Definition and part of speech

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Aborigines

  1. n. pl. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area
  2. n. pl. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aboriginal: Definition and part of speech

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Aboriginal

  1. n. An animal or a plant native to the region.
  2. a. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
  3. a. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
  4. n. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abomination: Definition and part of speech

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Abomination

  1. n. A cause of pollution or wickedness.
  2. n. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
  3. n. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abominate: Definition and part of speech

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Abominate

  1. v. t. To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.