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ab·ject
 (  b  j  kt  , b-j kt )
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
- Brought low in condition or status. See Synonyms at mean
2.
- Being of the most contemptible kind:
abject cowardice.
- Being of the most miserable kind; wretched:
abject poverty.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, outcast, from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere, to cast away : ab-, from ; see
ab-
1 + iacere, to throw; see y - in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
abjectly
(Adverb),
ab·jectness
or
ab·jection
(Noun)
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