terrour
English
Noun
terrour (countable and uncountable, plural terrours)
- Obsolete form of terror.
- 1644, Henry Hammond, Practical Catechism:
- One sign of despair is the peremptory contempt of the condition which is the ground of hope; the going on not only in terrours and amazement of conscience, but also boldly, hopingly, and confidently in wilful habits of sin.
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French terreur, terrour, from Latin terror, terrōr-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛrur/
References
- “terrǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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