tetter
Syllables: tet·terUK/ˈtɛtə/US/ˈtɛtɚ/
tetter noun: any of various pustular skin conditions.
Noun (1)
tetter (countable and uncountable, plural tetters)
- Any of various pustular skin conditions.
- heal this tetter of pedagogism that bespreads him1642 April, An Apology against a Pamphlet Call’d A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC
- Angelus Politianus had a tetter in his nose continually running, fulsome in company, yet no man so eloquent and pleasing in his works.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
Verb
tetter (third-person singular simple present tetters, present participle tettering, simple past and past participle tettered)
- To affect with tetter.
- […] And all my smooth body, barked and tettered over.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Most deaths are ugly, pathetic events, and Shakespeare must have seen his share of them in bodies tettered by the pox, made noseless by syphilis, or festering blackly from the plague.1987, James L Calderwood, Shakespeare & the Denial of Death, page 134
Noun (2)
tetter (plural tetters)
- Potato, or sweet potato root.
- Buh Sparruh biggin fur brag, an eh say: "Me tetter, him heap bigger den any me see. Me farruh befo me blan plant tetter, an him tetter bigger ner de calf er me leg. Me kin beat me farruh raise tetter1888, Charles Colcock Jones, Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast, Told in the Vernacular
- But mebbe you ax, is tetter wine("vine") a bad ting? No, I say, tetter wine is a good ting. You cant hab tetter widout de tetter wine. Dat wha' tetter wine fur? To mek tetter. But dat tetter wine dat ent mek tetter, dats a bad tetter wine kase e barren tetter wine.1895, John G. Williams, "De Ole Plantation."
tetter meaning in Tamil
tetter in Tamil
- ஊறல் தோல் நோய்
Examples of tetter in a sentence
- A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and...
- Quoad, a lady widowed long ago and since suffering a series of antiquated diseases—greensickness, tetter, kibes, purples, imposthumes and almonds in the ears, most recently a touch of scurvy.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
Forms of tetter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tetters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tetters |
| present participle | tettering |
| past participle | tettered |
| past | tettered |
Origin of tetter
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”).
Corruption of potato.
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Questions about tetter
- What does tetter mean?
- Tetter means any of various pustular skin conditions.
- What is tetter in Tamil?
- Tetter in Tamil is ஊறல் தோல் நோய். See Tetter meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use tetter in a sentence?
- A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick
- What part of speech is tetter?
- Tetter can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tetter?
- Tetter is pronounced /ˈtɛtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tetter?
- The plural of tetter is tetters.
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