perhorrescev.
/pəːhəˈrɛs/, /pəːhɒˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˌpərhəˈrɛs/, /ˌpərhɔˈrɛs/ rare.
transitive and intransitive. To shudder (at).
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the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > emotion compounded of fear and loathing > shudder at or dread [verb (transitive)]
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1882 Princeton Rev. Jan. 31 Scarcely a decade ago most of us would have perhorresced the idea that there could be a seven years' course of Bible study adopted in common by most of the Protestant sects.
1895 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 544 The subjective idealism Mr. B. perhorresces.
1905 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 2 396 A conclusion at which the non-empiricist perhorresces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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