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attery.

Poisonous; venomous

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Poisonous; venomous

    archaic · dialectal

  2. Pernicious

    archaic · dialectal

  3. Purulent; containing pus or matter

    archaic · dialectal

  4. Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed

    archaic · dialectal

  5. Cold; bleak; grim

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”). By surface analysis, atter (“poison”) + -y.

noun

  1. Cold, bleak weather.

    archaic · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”). By surface analysis, atter (“poison”) + -y.

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