Thursday, December 01, 2011

Oh Christ. Don't tell me. Word of the Day?

ter·ri·ble/ˈterəbəl/
Adjective:
1.Extremely and shockingly or distressingly bad or serious: "a terrible crime".
early 15c., "causing terror, frightful," from O.Fr. terrible (12c.), from L. terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE base *tres- "to tremble" (cf. Skt. trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Gk. treëin "to tremble," Lith. triseti "to tremble," O.C.S. treso "I shake," M.Ir. tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.
example: We recently watched the Cmmdr act, and he was terrible.

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