tetric

See also: tètric

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛtɹɪk/

Etymology 1

From Latin tetricus (“stern, severe, gloomy”).

Adjective

tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric)

1. (obsolete) Morose, bitter.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.284:

     They are commonly sad and tetric by nature, as Ahab's spirit was because he could not get Naboth's vineyard […]

Etymology 2

From tetr- +‎ -ic.

Adjective

tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric)

1. (chemistry) Denoting a kind of acid.

Derived terms

• tetric acid