terriculament

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noun

A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.

OriginLatin terriculāmentum →
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Meanings

nounterriculament (plural terriculaments)

plural terriculaments

  1. obsoleteA source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.

    [M]any times such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes, and all other senses may be deluded.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
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    […]the paines of purgatorie are but a vaine terriculament, to make men pay deere for popish masses, merites, satisfactions and pardons.

    1589, William Fulke, Confutation of the Rhemish New Testament (Annotation on Hebrews 10:31

Origin

  1. Latinterriculāmentum
  2. Latinterriculāmentum
  3. Englishterriculament

Borrowed from Latin terriculāmentum.

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APA

terriculament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terriculament

MLA

“terriculament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terriculament. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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