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terrific(dictionary)

terrific (iou)



terrific adjective. M17.
[Latin terrificus, from terrere frighten: see -FIC.]
Causing terror, terrifying; terrible, frightful. M17.
Milton The Serpent..with brazen Eyes And hairie Main terrific.
a. Very severe; of great size or intensity; excessive. colloq. E19.
J. Baldwin It was a terrific scandal. If you were in Paris..you certainly heard of it.
b. Excellent, exceedingly good, splendid. colloq. M20.
A. Garve Perdita..looked terrific in midnight-blue velvet.
terrifically adverb (a) in a terrifying manner; frightfully, appallingly; (b) colloq. excessively, exceedingly: E19.
terrificness noun E18.