horrent

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  1. adjective Archaic Covered with bristles; bristling.

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  1. Latin horrēns, horrent-, present participle of horrēre, to tremble, bristle.

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  1. from Latin horren(t-)s, bristly, shaggy, rough, present participle of horrere, bristle, shake, shiver, tremble with cold or with fear, be terrified, dread: cf. Sanskritharsh, bristle. Cf. Hordeum.
 

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