Definition/Meaning of abject

• English - Adjective: abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject) Existing in or sunk to a low condition , position , or state ; contemptible , despicable , miserable . 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 18, lines 168–170: By…
• English - Noun: abject (plural abjects) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition ; an oppressed person; an outcast ; also, such people as a class . c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]: VVe are the Queenes abiects and muſt…
• English - Verb: abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected) (archaic, transitive) To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject , especially as contemptible or inferior . 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Queene of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. […]”, in The History of Great Britaine…
• English - References: ^ Elliott K . Dobbie , C . William Dunmore, Robert K . Barnhart, et al . (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd , 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 3 ↑ 2 . 0 2 . 1 2 . 2 2 . 3 2 . 4 2 . 5 2 . 6 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary , 5th edition (Oxford University Press , 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5 ^ Philip Babcock…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. PIE word *h₂epó The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect , abject (adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French abject (modern French abject, abjet (obsolete)), and from its etymon Latin abiectus (“abandoned; cast aside”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to discard, throw away”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + iaciō (“to…