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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + horrēscō (“to begin to bristle up or dread”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exhorrēscō (present infinitive exhorrēscere, perfect active exhorruī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- to tremble or shudder greatly
- to be terrified
- (transitive) to dread greatly
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References
- “exhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exhorresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.