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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τεράτικος (terátikos, “monstrous”), from τέρας (téras, “monster”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
teratical (comparative more teratical, superlative most teratical)
- (obsolete) wonderful; ominous; prodigious
1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated: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 transcribing
References
“teratical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.