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abjekt.

abject (degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adj/abˈjɛkt/
  1. abject (degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable)

Where this word comes from

From French abject (“abject; vile, despicable”), from Latin abiectus (“thrown or cast aside; abandoned, overthrown”), perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to throw away/down; abandon, overthrow; humble”), from both ab (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from iaciō (“to throw, hurl, cast, fling”), from *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”).

adj/abˈjɛkt/
  1. abject (showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched)

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Latin abiectus (“thrown or cast aside; abandoned, overthrown”), perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to throw away/down; abandon, overthrow; humble”), from both ab (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from iaciō (“to throw, hurl, cast, fling”), from *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”).

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