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attery

attery

English

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Adjective

attery ‎(comparative atterier or more attery, superlative atteriest or most attery)

  1. (dialectal or archaic) Poisonous; venomous
  2. (dialectal or archaic) Pernicious
  3. (of a wound or sore, dialectal or archaic) Purulent; containing pus or matter
  4. (of mood or disposition, dialectal or archaic) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
  5. (of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold; bleak; grim

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Noun

attery ‎(uncountable)

  1. (of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold, bleak weather.

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Etymology

From Middle English attri, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ ‎(“poisonous”), equivalent to atter ‎(“poison”) +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch etterig ‎(“purulent”), German eiterig ‎(“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig ‎(“poisonous”), Shetlandic eter ‎(“poison; bitter cold”).

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