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teratical

/təˈɹætɪkəl/

teratical adjective: wonderful; ominous; prodigious.

Adjective

teratical (comparative more teratical, superlative most teratical)

  1. (obsolete) wonderful; ominous; prodigious
    • 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 transcribing1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated

Forms of teratical

comparativemore teratical
superlativemost teratical

Origin of teratical

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

Questions about teratical

What does teratical mean?
Teratical means wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
What part of speech is teratical?
Teratical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce teratical?
Teratical is pronounced /təˈɹætɪkəl/.

Words near teratical in the dictionary

  1. terasi
  2. terata
  3. Teratan
  4. teratembiid
  5. teratembiids
  6. teratical
  7. teratism
  8. teratisms
  9. terato-
  10. teratoblastoma
  11. teratoblastomas

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