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inexecrable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈɛk.sɪ.kɹə.bəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English execrable English inexecrable From in- + execrable.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) That cannot be execrated enough.
   • O be thou damn'd, inexecrable dogge. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

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