horror
/ˈhɔːɹə/HAW-rur
/ˈhɔɹɚ/HAW-rur
Meaninga shudder
Common meaning: intense fear
- horrto bristle; to shudderLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 864 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
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
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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”
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