ETYMOLOGY
from Latin tætricus, tētricus (forbidding, harsh, gloomy),
formed on tæter (foul)
EXAMPLE
“…Some so tetricous, so cross-grained, and of so corrupt a taste. …”
(from the translation of J. F. de Isla, History Friar Gerund, but replacing the original form ‘tetrical‘ with ‘tetricous‘)
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