terriculament

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terriculāmentum.

Noun

terriculament (plural terriculaments)

  1. (obsolete) A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.
    • 1589, William Fulke, Confutation of the Rhemish New Testament (Annotation on Hebrews 10:31:
      [] the paines of purgatorie are but a vaine terriculament, to make men pay deere for popish masses, merites, satisfactions and pardons.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , (1832 publication):
      any times such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes, and all other senses may be deluded.

References

  • The Fulke and Burton quotations originally appeared here.