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Today's Word "Execrable"

Detestable or wretched on

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execrable /EK-si-kruh-buhl/ (adjective) - Detestable; wretched.

"Jason's favorite team was execrable the day he was there, failing to record a first down in the first half."

 

From Middle English, from Latin execrabilis (accursed), from execrari (to curse), from ex- + sacrare (to consecrate). Ultimately from Indo-European root sak- (to sanctify) that is also the source of other words such as saint, consecrate, and sacred.


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