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teterrimous, a. rare.|tɪˈtɛrɪməs|
[f. L. tēterrimus most foul, superl. of tæter (tēter) foul + -ous.]
In phrase teterrimous cause, after L. teterrima belli causa ‘the most foul cause of war’, i.e. woman (Horace Sat. i. iii. 107).
[1704Swift T. Tub ix. 1823Byron Juan ix. lv, Oh thou ‘teterrima causa’ of all ‘belli’. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain I. iii. 362 A Christian woman now was the teterrima causa of the Moslem downfall.] 1864Daily Tel. 24 Aug., I pronounce Orangeism the teterrimous cause of the war that has been waged for two weeks past in the heart of the town. |