Horrible

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Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’ (see horrid).


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First attested in Middle English [1] (alternately as horrible and orrible) [2] in 1303 [3]: from Old French [1] [2] horrible, orrible, orible [3], from Latin horribilis [1] [2] [3], from horr(ēre)(“tremble”) + -ibilis(“-ible”) [2].


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horrible (adj.)

c. 1300, "dreadful, terrible," from Old French horrible, orrible (12c.) "horrible, repugnant, terrifying," from Latin horribilis "terrible, fearful, dreadful" (source also of Spanish horrible, Portuguese horrivel, Italian orribile), from horrere "be terrified, bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Used as a mere intensifier from mid-15c.