Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terribility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ter-ri-bil-i-ty
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being terrible.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"VVhen I deſcend into my ſelf, and contemplat my moſt terrible horrible terribility, I can hardly hold my ſelf vvithin my ſelf; […]"
"What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman? […] the terribility of her isolated dominant implacable resplendent propinquity: her omens of tempest and of calm: the stimulation of her light, her motion and her presence: the admonition of her craters, her arid seas, her silence: her splendour, when visible: her attraction, when invisible."

Etymology

From Middle English terryblete, from Middle French terribleté, terribilité and its etymon, Late Latin terribilitās.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: terryblete, terribleté, terribilitās

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

terribilities (plural)

Synonyms

terribleness

Questions

What does terribility mean?: The quality of being terrible.
Where does terribility come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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