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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HORRISONOUS

a.[L. horrisonus; horreo, to shake, and sonus, sound. ] Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HORRISONOUS

Hor *ris "o *nous, a. Etym: [L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible +sonus a sound. ]

 

Defn: Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs. ] Bailey.