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abhuman

abhuman adjective: having some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human.

Adjective

abhuman (not comparable)

  1. Having some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human.
    • You're a morbid abhuman bastard, Holmes…where were you when they built Treblinka and Dachau?1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 279

Noun

abhuman (plural abhumans)

  1. A partially human creature.

Forms of abhuman

pluralabhumans

Origin of abhuman

From ab- + human.

Questions about abhuman

What does abhuman mean?
Abhuman means having some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human.
What part of speech is abhuman?
Abhuman can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near abhuman in the dictionary

  1. abhour
  2. abhoured
  3. abhouring
  4. abhours
  5. Abhramu
  6. abhuman
  7. abhumans
  8. abhurite
  9. abhurites
  10. abhyanga
  11. abhyangha

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