terribility
terribility noun: the quality of being terrible.
Noun
terribility (usually uncountable, plural terribilities)
- The quality of being terrible.
- VVhen I deſcend into my ſelf, and contemplat my moſt terrible horrible terribility, I can hardly hold my ſelf vvithin my ſelf; […]1653, James Howell, “The Oration of the Lord George Frederique, Baron of Limburg, and Hereditary Officer to the Sacred Roman Empire, and Allwayes Free. Against Spain.”, in A German Diet: Or, The...
- What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman? […] the terribility of her isolated dominant implacable resplendent propinquity: her omens of tempest and of calm: the stimulation of her light, her motion and her presence: the admonition of her craters, her arid seas...1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 654
- Synonyms:
- terribleness
Synonyms of terribility
Forms of terribility
| plural | terribilities |
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Origin of terribility
From Middle English terryblete, from Middle French terribleté, terribilité and its etymon, Late Latin terribilitās.
Questions about terribility
- What does terribility mean?
- Terribility means the quality of being terrible.
- What part of speech is terribility?
- Terribility is a noun.
- What is the plural of terribility?
- The plural of terribility is terribilities.
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