Horrour

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of horror. alt-of, hypercorrect, misspelling

    "In the States this is really a horrour film theme – but may be, not that horrible in Canada."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of horror. alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

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repugnanceabhorrenceabominationantipathyaweconsternation

Example

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"In the States this is really a horrour film theme – but may be, not that horrible in Canada."

Etymology

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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