abject

Etymology 1
The is derived from Late, , from  (modern 🇨🇬,  ), and from its  , an adjective use of the    of , from  +  (ultimately from ).

The is derived from the adjective.



Adjective

 * 1) Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
 * 2)  Complete; downright; utter.
 * 3)  Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
 * 4) Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
 * 5)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Complete; downright; utter.
 * 2)  Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
 * 3) Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
 * 4)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Complete; downright; utter.
 * 2)  Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
 * 3) Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
 * 4)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
 * 2) Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
 * 3)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
 * 2) Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
 * 3)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.
 * 1)  Marginalized as deviant.

Translations

 * Arabic: خور
 * Armenian: արհամարհ
 * Old Armenian: անկած, արհամարհ, ցած, մրգուզ
 * Azerbaijani: binəva, miskin
 * Bikol Central: dukha
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: დამცირებული, მდაბალი, უბადრუკი
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: τᾰπεινός
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: abjecte
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: abjekt
 * Old English: hēan, hnāh
 * Persian:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , , , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: suarach
 * Serbo-Croatian:, јадан
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: marawal
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Urdu: ادنیٰ
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: diepgezonken,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: მდაბალი, სულმდაბალი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: τᾰπεινός
 * Interlingua: abjecte
 * Italian:
 * Latin: abjectus, abjecta
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: abjekt
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: abjekt, hjelpeløs
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Vietnamese:, , , , ,

Noun

 * 1) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.

Translations

 * Dutch: infaam persoon, verworpeling
 * French: ,
 * Interlingua: abjecto
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese Sardinian: indinniu
 * Logudorese Sardinian: indinniu
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From Late, from , (see etymology 1).

Sense 3 (“of a fungus: to give off (spores or sporidia)”) is modelled after.

Verb

 * 1) To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
 * 2) To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
 * 3)  Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
 * 1) To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
 * 2)  Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
 * 1)  Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).

Translations

 * Arabic: قَبَّحَ
 * Italian: abiettàre,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avvise

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable
 * 2)  of the lowest social position

Usage notes

 * lacks the idea of groveling, of moral degradation over time that is present in the English word.

Etymology
, from.