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hor⋅rent

  [hawr-uhnt, hor-]
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–adjective
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
Origin:
1660–70; < L horrent- (s. of horrēns, prp. of horrēre to stand on end, bristle with fear), equiv. to horr- (see horrendous ) + -ent- -ent
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hor·rent   (hôr'ənt, hŏr'-)   
adj.   Archaic
Covered with bristles; bristling.

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