[mellosouls]

Sure - but that is "terrific" in the still-current sense of "massive, of great size" - not the archaic use in the parent.

[pfranz]

The only reason I remember that use is because it sounded out of place to me.

This posting [1] puts the usage change from around 1880-1930. I've always taken the modern usage to mean unusually fine/magnificent.

[1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38606/what-gave-...