Message-ID: <15735153.1075858934157.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:02:05 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--horrent Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Inbox X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst horrent (HOR-ehnt) adjective Standing up like bristles, bristling. [From Latin horrent-, stem of horrens, present participle of horrere (to bristle).] "Still, Domingo might have some fun staging the work with his Washington Opera company, given such lines as: `No more shall treason's horrent head be seen presumptuous in the land of Gore!'" Mark Swed, Performing Arts; Opera's Supernovas Blaze Anew, The Los Angeles Times, Jan 7, 2001. "With bright imblazonrie, and horrent arms." John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1667. This week's theme: unusual words. ............................................................................ Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. -Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) Bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Online chat: http://wordsmith.org/chat AWADmail: http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail.html Archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/horrent.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/horrent.ram