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horrisonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hor-risonous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "Words of most horrisonous roaring."

Etymology

From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more horrisonous (comparative) most horrisonous (superlative)

Synonyms

cacophonous horrisonant

Questions

What does horrisonous mean?
Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
Where does horrisonous come from?
From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).

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