Both Uses of
abominable
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- * In the old Greek legend the Atreidae, or children of Atreus, were doomed to punishment because of the abominable crime of their father.†
Chpt 93-94 *
- The baron was to sign first, then the representative of M. Cavalcanti, senior, then the baroness, afterwards the "future couple," as they are styled in the abominable phraseology of legal documents.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
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(abominable) exceptionally bad or detestable