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Latin
Etymology
From horreō (“I stand on end, move shakily”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
horribilis (neuter horribile, comparative horribilior, superlative horribilissimus, adverb horribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- horrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful
- Synonyms: terribilis, īnfandus
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “horribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horribilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- horribilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.