Teratical

//təˈɹætɪkəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    wonderful; ominous; prodigious obsolete

    "Herodotus, possibly delighting in teratical stories, might tell what he never heard: or the passage may be an interpolation; or it may be alterd in transcribing"

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"Herodotus, possibly delighting in teratical stories, might tell what he never heard: or the passage may be an interpolation; or it may be alterd in transcribing"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τεράτικος (terátikos, “monstrous”), from τέρας (téras, “monster”).

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