"horribile dictu" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \ɔ.ʁi.bi.le dik.ty\
  1. Horrible à dire. On insère cette locution souvent devant ce que l’on hésite à dire.
    Sense id: fr-horribile_dictu-fr-adv-3Jr7jKAv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: horribile auditu, horribile visu

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    "Du latin horribile « horrible » et dictu, forme du verbe dico « dire »."
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          "ref": "Thierry Hentsch, Raconter et mourir, 2002",
          "text": "Pour le dire crûment, la résurrection devient, horribile dictu, fonctionnellement nécessaire à la propagation du message christique."
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