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Abaddon

name
/əˈbæ.dn̩/US/æbədɒːn/UK

Etymology

From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”).

  1. derived from אֲבַדּוֹן — “destruction; ruin”
  2. derived from Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών
  3. derived from Abaddōn
  4. inherited from Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon

Definitions

  1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit

    The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;

  2. Hell

    Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction.

    • In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.

  3. An informer

    An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.

    • The prisoner, Money Moses, better known among thieves and fences as Moses the abaddon, has been, to my knowledge, for the last twenty years a receiver and dealer in stolen property.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA