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† teˈrriculament, n. Obs.
Also 7 in L. form -mentum, pl. -ta.
[ad. L. terriculāment-um (Apuleius) a bugbear, f. terriculum something that excites terror, f. terrēre to frighten: see -ment.]
A source or object of dread, esp. of needless dread; a bugbear.
1548W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. c iiij, His vaine terriculaments and rattelbladders. 1567–8Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 315 Afeared or dismayed with such vain terriculaments of the world. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. ii. vi. (1651) 720 Such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes. a1661Fuller Worthies, Warwick (1811) II. 404 Those who are not Terriculamenta, but Terrores, no fancy-formed Bugbears, but such as carry fear and fright to others about them. 1674J. Josselyn Voy. New Eng. 182 Such like bugbears and Terriculamentaes.
Hence † teˈrriculament v. Obs., to inspire with groundless fear.
1644J. Goodwin Innoc. & Truth Triumph. (1645) 14 The man to whom the shadowes of the mountaines seemed men, was very prudent and advised in his feare, in respect of him that is terriculamented with such apocryphall pretences of feare as these. |