"horribility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horribilities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English horribilite, horrybylyte, from Old French horribleté, from Medieval Latin horribilitas. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|horribilite}} Middle English horribilite, {{der|en|fro|horribleté}} Old French horribleté, {{der|en|ML.|horribilitas}} Medieval Latin horribilitas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} horribility (usually uncountable, plural horribilities)
  1. The quality of being horrible. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: horribleness
    Sense id: en-horribility-en-noun-R5dtg-wZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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