DAMNABLE

damnable, execrable

(adjective) deserving a curse; “her damnable pride”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

damnable (comparative more damnable, superlative most damnable)

Capable of being damned

Deserving of damnation

Source: Wiktionary


Dam"na*ble, a. Etym: [L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F. damnable. See Damn.]

1. Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. A creature unprepared unmeet for dealth, And to transport him in the mind hi is, Were damnable. Shak.

2. Odious; pernicious; detestable. Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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