Meaning of horrendus | Babel Free

Definitions

horrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awful

adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“… pedibus celerem et pernīcibus ālīs: mōnstrum horrendum, ingēns, cui quot sunt corpore plūmae tot vigilēs oculī subter, mīrābile dictū, tot linguae, totidem ōra sonant, tot subrigit aurēs. [Rumor is] fleet-footed and swift-winged: a horrific monster, huge, who has for the feathers on her body as many watchful eyes underneath, [and] – incredible to relate – just as many tongues, sounding lips, and straining ears.”

(Fama or Rumor personified as an incredible monster.)

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