Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abominable

Abominable ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[French abominable. Latin abominalis. See Abominate.]

1.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
2.
Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [Obsolete]

Juliana Berners... informs us that in her time [15th c.], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.”