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attery

attery adjective: poisonous; venomous.

Adjective

attery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery)

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

Noun

attery (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of attery

Forms of attery

comparativemore attery
superlativemost attery
alternative formattry
alternative formatt'ry
alternative Scotlandaitrie
alternative Scotlandaittrie
alternative Scotlandetri

Origin of attery

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.

Questions about attery

What does attery mean?
Attery means poisonous; venomous.
What part of speech is attery?
Attery can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near attery in the dictionary

  1. atterration
  2. atterrations
  3. atters
  4. Atterton
  5. Attertons
  6. attery
  7. attest
  8. attestabilities
  9. attestability
  10. attestable
  11. attestably

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