aberrant (adj.)1798, originally in natural history, from Latin aberrantem (nominative aberrans), pre...
aberration (n.)1590s, \\\"a wandering, straying,\\\" from Latin aberrationem (nominative aberratio)...
abetabet: see baitabet (v.)late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter \\\"to bait, to h...
abeyance (n.)1520s, from Anglo-French abeiance \\\"suspension,\\\" also \\\"expectation (especially...
abhorabhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (fr...
abhorrence (n.)1650s; see abhorrent + -ence....
abhorrent (adj.)1610s, \\\"in a position or condition to recoil,\\\" usually with from; from Latin a...