Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HOR'RID
HOR'RID, a. [L. horridus. See Horror.]
- That does or may excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; as, a horrid spectacle or sight; horrid sympathy. Milton.
- Rough; rugged. [This is the literal and primary sense.] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.
- Shocking; very offensive; a colloquial sense. Pope.
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