horribile auditu
UK/hɒˈɹɪbɪleɪ aʊˈdiːtuː/
horribile auditu adverb: horrible to hear.
Adverb
horribile auditu (not comparable)
- Horrible to hear.
- Ik verbeeld mij dat uwe vrouw vraagt : ″Is er nog al wat aan dat boek?” En gij zegt bij voorbeeld — horribile auditu voor mij, — met de woordenrijkheid, die eigen is aan gehuwde mannen : [¶] — ″Hm.... zóó.... ik weet nog niet.”1868 February, Alphonse Johan Bernard Horstmar Nahuÿs, transl., Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, translation of Max Havelaar; of, De...
- We shall now try to explain this firm stand that may look horribile auditu for such desperate advocates of Lagrangean dynamical tradition as, for instance, the author of the not once nor twice mentioned treatise.1986 June 18th, Георги Чобанов [Georgi Chobanov], Иван Чобанов [Ivan Chobanov], “Gibbs-Appell’s non-holonomic equations as projections of Euler’s dynamical axioms on appropriate axes” (pages 61–105)...
Origin of horribile auditu
From Dutch horribile auditu, from Latin horribile audītū (literally “horrible to hear”).
Questions about horribile auditu
- What does horribile auditu mean?
- Horribile auditu means horrible to hear.
- What part of speech is horribile auditu?
- Horribile auditu is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce horribile auditu?
- Horribile auditu is pronounced /hɒˈɹɪbɪleɪ aʊˈdiːtuː/ (UK).
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