Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perhorresce

/pɚhəˈɹɛs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-hor-resce
IPA: /pɚhəˈɹɛs/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shudder (at).

Formal

Example Sentences

"This we may ascribe to the ‘d—d nonsense’ perhorresced by Mr. Lockhart."
"otherwise the curtain-wind fact would have as much ontological reality as the existence of the Absolute itself: a conclusion at which the non-empiricist perhorresces […]"
"The "Messidor" style of new buildings allowed only the Classical straight line, and perhorresced at every curve."

Etymology

From Latin perhorrēscere.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɚhəˈɹɛs/
British English: /pəːhəˈɹɛs/

Usage

Formal

Inflected Forms

perhorresces (present, singular) perhorrescing (participle, present) perhorresced (participle, past) perhorresced (past)

Rhymes With

yes less process guess press success access second-guess bad press unless address congress

Questions

How do you pronounce perhorresce?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɚhəˈɹɛs/.
What does perhorresce mean?: To shudder (at).
Where does perhorresce come from?: From Latin perhorrēscere.

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