attery

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English

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Etymology

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.

Adjective

attery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery) (dialectal or archaic)

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

Synonyms

Noun

attery (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Middle English

Adjective

attery

  1. Alternative form of attry
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