ANNUS HORRIBILIS


Meaning of ANNUS HORRIBILIS in English

n [ sing ]

the Latin for ‘horrible year’. Queen Elizabeth II used this expression in a speech in 1992 to describe that year, when there was a serious fire at Windsor Castle , the Princess Royal got divorced, the Duke of York (1) separated from his wife and the Prince of Wales had marriage problems.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.