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tetter.

Any of various pustular skin conditions.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛtɚ/General-American/-ɾɚ/General-American

  1. Any of various pustular skin conditions.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English teter, from Old English teter, tetr, tetra, from Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”).

verb/ˈtɛtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛtɚ/General-American/-ɾɚ/General-American

  1. To affect with tetter.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English teter, from Old English teter, tetr, tetra, from Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”).

noun

  1. Potato, or sweet potato root.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Corruption of potato.

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