teratical

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹætɪkəl/

Adjective

teratical (comparative more teratical, superlative most teratical)

1. (obsolete) wonderful; ominous; prodigious
   • 1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated:

     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

References

“teratical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.