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horrisonant, a.|hɒˈrɪsənənt|
[f. stem of L. horrēre (see prec.) + sonānt-em sounding, f. sonāre to sound.]
Sounding horribly; of terrible sound.
1656Blount Glossogr., Horrisonant, roaring, having a terrible sound. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 64. 2/2 A Multiplicity of Horisonant Phrases. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Fr. Gerund II. 97 The horrisonant bam, bim, bom, of the bombs resounded throughout all the fields. 1835Southey Doctor lxxxvi. III. 105 To exact implicit and profound belief by mysterious and horrisonant terms. |