a. Obs. [ad. L. formīdolōs-us (better -dulōsus) causing or feeling dread, f. formīdo dread.] Fearful, terrible; also, feeling fear, timorous.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Formidolous, fearful, that feareth, dreadful, dangerous.
1773. J. Ross, Fratricide, II. 618 (MS.). Why this so sudden, this formidolous change?
