Meanings
- rareuncountableThe quality of being horrifical.
9:00, WMAQ—Horrible Horace, the Heidt of Horrificality.
1938 August 7, “[Radio] Sunday On the Air”, in The Hammond Times, volume XXXIII, number 42, Hammond, Ind., page ten, column 14 more examples
PARENTS ARE continually querying me about the suitability of current movies for their children. Most are questioning on the grounds of morality or horrificality, but there are a few who only want to know if the child will find it edifying in some form or other.
1962 December 27, Milton R. Bass, “The Lively Arts”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 71, number 198, Pittsfield, Mass., page 8, column 1He is astonished to discover that even now, facing this embodiment of death, he is not at all afraid. Fascinated, yes, by the sheer deadliness of the creature, by its excessive horrificality.
1992 October, Robert Silverberg, “Hunters in the Forest”, in Byron Preiss, Robert Silverberg, et al., editors, The Ultimate Dinosaur: Past, Present, Future, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, section 6 (Dinosaur Predators), page 137, column 1> But this whole discussion assumes that "ISO C" will solve the problems > of portability, which is not the case. A study of the Inform source will > demonstrate some of the challenges involved in writing portable C, Most notably, the horrificity[1] of allocating RAM on various platforms. […] [1] That's a word now. Perhaps. It's better than horrificality would have been, anyway.
[2000 September 21, Jonadab the Unsightly One [pseudonym], “Poll: Programming language or adventure scripting language?”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Apr 2024It’s hopeless to ignore the incredible explosion of nightlife photography that’s happened on the Web and in art schools these past few years. […] On the one hand, there’s incredible creativity being documented instantaneously and available to all — even in Djibouti, fantastic weirdos need never feel alone. On the other, there’s the sense that mere dressing up for the ever-present cameras has replaced actual self-expression. Misshapes! Cobra Snakes! Blue States Lose! And then there’s just the pure horrificality of sites like this one, which are about boobs. Par-T&A!
2008 August 11, Marke B., “Photo Issue: Molly Decoudreaux looks beneath the nightlife”, in San Francisco Bay Guardian, via 48 Hills, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2024Synonyms: horrificity, horrificness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being horrifical.
Origin
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