horrorscope
horrorscope noun: an adverse horoscope.
Noun
horrorscope (plural horrorscopes)
- An adverse horoscope.
- Oh dear, oh dear! all my appalling presentiments are coming as true as those awful horrorscopes in Zadkiel’s almanac! I knew that girl would break her neck with her horse-riding. I can see her now laid out a corpse at my feet.1874, Henry Mayhew, Athol Mayhew, Mont Blanc. A Comedy, in Three Acts., London: […] [P]rivate circulation, page 13
- Well, John Hamilton—he’s an awfully cute Kansas boy, just a freshman at Electoral College, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he got his ’Fi Beata Capper next term—anyway, he reads horrorscopes the way Jim Farley reads palms, and he told me months ago that a dark horse would shortly come into my life ....1936, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 209, page 27
Forms of horrorscope
| plural | horrorscopes |
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Origin of horrorscope
Blend of horror + horoscope.
Questions about horrorscope
- What does horrorscope mean?
- Horrorscope means an adverse horoscope.
- What part of speech is horrorscope?
- Horrorscope is a noun.
- What is the plural of horrorscope?
- The plural of horrorscope is horrorscopes.
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