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19 wrz 2024 · Frequently applied to misbehaving children (terrible twos is attested by 1949), then to adults. By 1913, colloquially, terrible had the sense of "very bad; extremely incompetent." "Turrible" is noted 1893 as a Mississippi pronunciation.
Both terrible and terrific go back, through French and Latin to Proto Indo European roots meaning to shiver. The origin is self explanatory: extreme fear being well known to provoke shivering. To these two you can therefore add tremor and tremble. In English "terrible" and "terrific" are antonyms.
27 wrz 2024 · From Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“ frightful ”), from terreō (“ I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror, scare (away) ”). Compare terror , deter .
The earliest known use of the word terrible is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for terrible is from around 1400, in Aelred of Rievaulx's De Institutione Inclusarum.
4 lut 2013 · Biblical and theological texts forsooth refer to Christian god as “great and terrible” with frequency, but I do think the meaning is literal: “God is great, and should be revered, but he is also terrible, thus he should be feared”.
History and etymology of terrible The adjective ' terrible ' has a rich etymological history. It originates from the Latin word 'terribilis,' which is derived from 'terrere,' meaning 'to frighten' or 'to terrify.'
28 wrz 2017 · "dreadful, terrible," from Old French horrible, orrible (12c.) "horrible, repugnant,… See origin and meaning of horrible.
