a. rare. [f. as prec. + -AL.] TERRIFIC.
1799. Chertrea, The Man of Benevolence, 9, in Parnassian Garland (1814), 287.
What tho Affliction, in her direst form, | |
Terrifical assail him with the force | |
Of angerd oceans wrath, he braves her rage | |
Immoveable as rock-built Eddistone. |
1831. Fr. A. Kemble, Jrnl., in Recoll. Girlhood (1878), III. 47. In the evening we had terrifical ghost stories.
1855. Miss Manning, Old Chelsea Bun-Ho., xvii. 286. Abundantly more terrifical.