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annus horribilis

/ ˈænʊs hɒˈriːbɪlɪs /

noun

  1. a terrible year
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of annus horribilis1

C20: from Latin, modelled on annus mirabilis , first used by Elizabeth II of the year 1992
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Example Sentences

It was an annus mirabilis for the hideous (Putin, Assad, Cyrus), an annus horribilis for just about everyone else.

Affleck later called the period the “annus horribilis of my life.”

The incident caps an annus horribilis for the Spanish Royal Family.

Finally, last season, Idol's annus horribilis, the wheels fell off the cart entirely.

It has been, to put it mildly, an annus horribilis for the families of Pan Am Flight 103.

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