horrisonous

English

Etymology

From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).

Adjective

horrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)

(obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
- 1631, Celestina:
  Words of most horrisonous roaring.

Synonyms

References

“horrisonous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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