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terrorstricken

adj

Etymology

From terror + stricken.

  1. derived from *strīkaną✻ — “to strike”
  2. inherited from *strikanaz✻
  3. inherited from *strikan✻
  4. inherited from stricen
  5. inherited from striken
  6. compounded as terrorstricken — “terror + stricken”

Definitions

  1. Stricken with terror

    Stricken with terror; utterly terrified.

    • How terror-stricken she would have been that night had she known that the wild jungle beast squatted outside her window, watching her every move.

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