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abhorresco.

to dread, become terrified, bristle up

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[a.bɔrˈreːs.koː]Classical-Latin[a.borˈrɛs.ko]
  1. to dread, become terrified, bristle up

    Late-Latin · conjugation-3 · intransitive · no-perfect · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin abder. Latin ab- Latin horrēscō Latin abhorrēscō From ab- + horrēscō.

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