Etymograph

English

abjection

Abjection comes from Middle English abjeccioun.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abjeccioun
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009abjection

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

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  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abjeccioun
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009abjection

Earliest quotation: 2009, W. C. Harris, Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Cultur: “The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in…”

Every English word from Middle English abjeccioun

Today it means

noun A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

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Etymograph / Middle English abjeccioun / abjection

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