Abaddon
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Abaddon¹
- /əˈbæ.dn̩/ US
- /æbədɒːn/ UK
Where it comes from
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”).
proper noun Abaddan · Abadon
- The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
- Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.
abaddon²
Where it comes from
UK C19. From Abaddon, from Middle English, from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn, “Abaddon”), from Hebrew אבדון (ābaddōn, “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ābad, “to be lost, to perish”).
noun abaddons
- 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.
