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abject definition

ab·ject (ab′jekt′, ab jekt′)

adjective

  1. of the lowest degree; miserable; wretched abject poverty
  2. lacking self-respect; degraded an abject coward

Etymology: ME < L abjectus, pp. of abjicere, to throw away < ab-, from + jacere, to throw: see jet

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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