tetrical

comparative more tetrical · superlative most tetrical

1. tetric; harsh; morose

   It is not good to be too tetrical and virulent. Kind words make rough actions plausible.

   1840, Owen Feltham, Resolves, divine, moral and political, page 15

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   As my nephew has nothing immorigerous or tetrical in his disposition, he indubitably would have gratefully profited of my advice.

   1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer, The Daughters of Isenberg, volume 1, page 68