tetrical
English edit
Adjective edit
tetrical (comparative more tetrical, superlative most tetrical)
- tetric; harsh; morose
- 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer, The Daughters of Isenberg, volume 1, page 68:
- As my nephew has nothing immorigerous or tetrical in his disposition, he indubitably would have gratefully profited of my advice.
- 1840, Owen Feltham, Resolves, divine, moral and political, page 15:
- It is not good to be too tetrical and virulent. Kind words make rough actions plausible.