terrible, terryble

[Fr. terrible, from Lat. terribilis causing terror; terreo =to terrify; Sp. terrible; Ital. terribile.] 1. Causing or tending to cause terror, fear, awe, or dread; formidable, terrifying, frightful, shocking. "Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell." Milton: P. L. , ii. 671. 2. Exce ive, extreme; exceedingly great or strong. (Colloq.) 'The imputation of novelty is a terrible charge amongst those who judge of men's heads, as they do of their perukes, by the fashion; and can allow none to be right, but the received doctrines."- Locke : On Human Underst.. Epist. Ded. For the difference between terrible , fearful , 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the and formidable , see FEARFUL and FORMIDABLE. terra earth, and aqua =water.] Consisting or com- posed of land and water, as the globe. "The grand terraqueous spectacle, From center to circumference, unveil'd!" "There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial." -1 Corinth . xv. 40. 2. Pertaining to or consisting of earth or land, as opposed to water. "I did not confine these observations to land, or terres trial parts of the globe."-Woodward. 3. Representing or consisting of the earth. "But when, from under this terrestrial ball, He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines." Shakesp.: Richard II ., iii. 2. IMG:content-0931.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0932.png:[blocks in formation] terricolæ