Where does “horrendous” come from?
Horrendous comes from Latin horrendus, meaning "dreadful," formed from the Proto-Italic horzēō stem with the Latin -osus suffix denoting a quality or condition.
horrendous (English): Extremely bad; awful; terrible
Definitions
- Extremely bad; awful; terrible
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