Etymology

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Ancient Greek τεράτικος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτεράτικος“monstrous”
  2. English todayteratical

From Ancient Greek τεράτικος (terátikos, “monstrous”), from τέρας (téras, “monster”).

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