Meanings
Origin
- Latinhorror“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”
- Old Frenchhorrour
- Middle Englishhorrour
- Englishhorrour
From Middle English horrour, from Old French horrour, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.
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horrour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrour
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“horrour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrour. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horrour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrour.
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