tetric

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛtɹɪk/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin tetricus (“stern, severe, gloomy”). ==== Adjective ==== tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric) (obsolete) Morose, bitter. Synonym: tetrical , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.284: They are commonly sad and tetric by nature, as Ahab's spirit was because he could not get Naboth's vineyard […] === Etymology 2 === From tetr- +‎ -ic. ==== Adjective ==== tetric (comparative more tetric, superlative most tetric) (chemistry) Denoting a kind of acid. ===== Derived terms ===== tetric acid