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tetterous

tetterous adjective: having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter (the skin condition).

Adjective

tetterous (comparative more tetterous, superlative most tetterous)

  1. (obsolete) Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter (the skin condition).
    • tetterous eruptions

Forms of tetterous

comparativemore tetterous
superlativemost tetterous

Origin of tetterous

From tetter + -ous.

Questions about tetterous

What does tetterous mean?
Tetterous means having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter (the skin condition).
What part of speech is tetterous?
Tetterous is an adjective.

Words near tetterous in the dictionary

  1. tetter
  2. tetterberry
  3. tettered
  4. tettering
  5. tetterish
  6. tetterous
  7. tetters
  8. Tetterton
  9. Tettertons
  10. tetterwort
  11. tettery

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