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Meaning of horribile dictu | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

Horrible to say; horribly.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch horribile dictu

Français horribile dictu

Examples

“We first meet the Ericksons in 1973, at the wedding of the family’s eldest child, Anita, a small-town beauty for whom marriage and motherhood ultimately become traps more than prizes; her husband is not just a drinker and a poor father but, horribile dictu, a banker who forecloses on local farms even when those farms are owned by Erickson friends or relations.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

horribly horrid horridly horrifically horrifiedly horrifyingly