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Webster 1828 Edition
Tetric
TET'RIC
Definition 2024
tetric
tetric
English
Adjective
tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric)
- (obsolete) Morose, bitter.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.284:
- They are commonly sad and tetric by nature, as Ahab's spirit was because he could not get Naboth's vineyard […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.284:
Etymology 2
Adjective
tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric)
Derived terms
- tetric acid