tetric

See also: tètric

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛtɹɪk/

Etymology 1

From Latin tetricus (“stern, severe, gloomy”).

Adjective

tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric)

  1. (obsolete) Morose, bitter.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , 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 […]

Etymology 2

From tetr- +‎ -ic.

Adjective

tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric)

  1. (chemistry) Denoting a kind of acid.
Derived terms
  • tetric acid
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