Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cause of terror; a terror.
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- noun obsolete A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable
fear .
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Examples
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And why hasn't terriculament, "to inspire with groundless fear," been resurrected, given how often we've been terriculamented by the current administration in recent years?
Daily News-Record 2008
reesetee commented on the word terriculament
(obsolete) A source or object of needless dread; a bugbear.
November 9, 2007