horrisonous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).
Adjective[edit]
horrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)
- (obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
- 1631, Celestina:
- Words of most horrisonous roaring.
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References[edit]
- “horrisonous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.