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horrid

/ˈhɔːɹəd/HAW-ruhd
/ˈhɔɹəd/HAW-ruhd

Meaningbristling

Common meaning: nasty

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHARS‘bristle, to be rough’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 117, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latinhorreō‘to bristle’
  3. Englishhorrid‘nasty’ · today

horr also in: horrorhorribleabhor

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin horreō ‘to bristle; to shudder’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry horreō, p. 864 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • horreō Latin “to bristle; to shudder”

Related words

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