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Horrid

Popularized in Julius Caesar

Besides the things that we have heard and seen,

Once again, Shakespeare can thank Latin for this one. He took horridus, cut off the very Latiny –us, and gave us a fun way to say something is awful or gruesome.


Tag: Julius Caesar

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