Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terriculament

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ter-ric-u-la-ment
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…]the paines of purgatorie are but a vaine terriculament, to make men pay deere for popish masses, merites, satisfactions and pardons."
"[M]any times such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes, and all other senses may be deluded."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terriculāmentum.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

terriculaments (plural)

Questions

What does terriculament mean?: A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.
Where does terriculament come from?: Borrowed from Latin terriculāmentum.

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