- Horrisonant
- Horrisonant Hor*ris"o*nant, a. Horrisonous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
horrisonant — /ho risˈə nənt/ adjective Dreadful sounding (also (archaic) horrisˈonous) ORIGIN: From root of L horrēre to bristle, and sonāns, antis sounding … Useful english dictionary
horrisonant — adjective Having an unpleasant sound. And if it had been necessary to exact implicit and profound belief, by mysterious and horrisonant terms, he could have amazed the listener … Wiktionary
horrisonant — a. making horrible sound … Dictionary of difficult words