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exhorresco.

to tremble or shudder greatly

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ɛk.sɔrˈreːs.koː]Classical-Latin[eɡ.zorˈrɛs.ko]
  1. to tremble or shudder greatly

    conjugation-3 · no-supine
  2. to be terrified

    conjugation-3 · no-supine
  3. to dread greatly

    conjugation-3 · no-supine · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin horrēscō Latin exhorrēscō From ex- + horrēscō (“to begin to bristle up or dread”).

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