torvous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin torvus. See torvid.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
torvous (comparative more torvous, superlative most torvous)
- (obsolete) Of a severe countenance; stern, grim, grave.
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- that torvous, sour look produced by anger
References[edit]
- “torvous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.