HORROUR
\hˈɒɹə], \hˈɒɹə], \h_ˈɒ_ɹ_ə]\
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Terrour mixed with detestation; gloom, dreariness; in medicine, such a shuddering or quivering as precedes an ague-fit; a sense of shuddering or shrinking.
By Thomas Sheridan
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