adjective

horrĭdŭlus

fem. horrĭdŭla · neut. horrĭdŭlum

adj. dim; standing up; projecting forth

adj. dim. [horridus], standing up, projecting forth, protuberant; rough, rugged, rude.

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Lit.: papillae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66: caput ungunt horridulum, Lucil. ap. Non. 423, 1: puer, Mart. 10, 98, 9: comes, shabby, poor, Pers. 1, 54. —

rude; rough; unpolished figuratively •

Trop., of discourse or style, rude, rough, unpolished, simple, unadorned: tua illa horridula mihi atque incomta visa sunt, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1: orationes Catonis, id. Or. 45, 152: horridula ejus verba et rudia flosculos Tullianos appellans, Amm. 29, 1, 11.

Perseus ID: n20963 Key: horridulus