Abject Definition
- unhopeful
- scurvy
- scummy
- low-down
- low
- miserable
- unresistant
- nonresistive
- mealymouthed
- meek-minded
- humble-spirited
- humble-minded
- compliable
- wretched
- vile
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast. [First attested from the late 15th century.]
- backscratching
- meekhearted
- footlicking
(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
Other Word Forms of Abject
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Origin of Abject
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Middle English outcast from Latin abiectus past participle of abicere to cast away ab- from ab–1 iacere to throw yē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English abiect (“outcast, wretched”), from Latin abiectus, past participle of abiciō (“to throw away, cast off, to reject”), from ab (“away”) + iaciō (“to throw”).
From Wiktionary
From Middle English abjecten, derived from the adjective form.
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