horrent
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of horrent
1660–70; < Latin horrent- (stem of horrēns, present participle of horrēre to stand on end, bristle with fear), equivalent to horr- ( see horrendous) + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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III Among their toys a Casque they found, It was the helm of Ares; With horrent plumes the crest was crown'd, It frightened all the Lares.
From Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Life-like, the huge neck seem'd to swell, And widely, as some porch to hell You might the horrent jaws survey, Griesly, and greeding for their prey.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various
All that can be made out from the din of frenetic words is that Enitharmon calls upon her son Orc, “the horrent demon,” to arise and bring with him his brothers and sisters.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
When want assails his solitary shed, When dire distraction's horrent eye-ball glares, Seen 'midst the myriad of tumultuous cares, That shower their shafts on his devoted head.
From Poems (1828) by Gent, Thomas
Shorty stretched on tiptoe, brought his eye to the level of the bar, and gazed upon the horrent head of Bailey.
From Pardners by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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