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damnable(dictionary)

damnable (iou)



damnable adjective & adverb. ME.
[Old French dampnable, (also mod.) damnable from Latin dam(p)nabilis, from dam(p)nare: see DAMN verb, -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Subject to divine condemnation; deserving damnation. ME.
Smollett Those enthusiasts who look upon every schism from the established articles of faith as damnable.
Worthy of condemnation, reprehensible, detestable; accursed, confounded. LME.
T. Hearne This is a damnable Shame. J. Hawkes What was admirable when it concerned only the transport of the finest materials to build the greatest buildings has become damnable when dictated by commercial expediency.
B. adverb. Damnably, extremely. E17-E18.
damna'bility noun M16.
damnably adverb (a) so as to deserve or incur damnation; (b) in a damnable way, to a damnable extent; reprehensibly, detestably, confoundedly, extremely: LME.