英文词源
- horrendous (adj.)
- 1650s, from Latin horrendus "dreadful, fearful, terrible," literally "to be shuddered at," gerundive of horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Earlier form in English was horrend (mid-15c.).
中文词源
来自拉丁语horrere,恐惧，颤抖，词源同horror.引申词义恐怖的，骇人的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：horrendous 词源，horrendous 含义。
词根词缀： -horr-怕 + -end名词词尾 + -ous形容词词尾
