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horribility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hor-ri-bil-i-ty
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being horrible.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English horribilite, horrybylyte, from Old French horribleté, from Medieval Latin horribilitas.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: horribilite, horribleté, horribilitas

Usage

Inflected Forms

horribilities (plural)

Synonyms

horribleness

Questions

What does horribility mean?
The quality of being horrible.
Where does horribility come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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