orripilare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilāre (“to bristle with hair”), derived from Classical Latin horreō (“to stand erect”) + pilus (“hair”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
orripilàre (first-person singular present orrìpilo, first-person singular past historic orripilài, past participle orripilàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to be horrified
- Synonyms: inorridire, (archaic, rare) orrire
- (transitive) to horrify
- Synonyms: atterrire, terrificare
Usage notes[edit]
- The verb takes essere as the auxiliary in its intransitive meaning, and avere in its transitive one.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of orripilàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- orripilare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Classical Latin
- Italian 5-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
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