Atter Definition
noun
(archaic or UK dialectal) Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound.
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(UK dialectal) Epithelium produced on the tongue.
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verb
Other Word Forms of Atter
Noun
Singular:
atterPlural:
attersOrigin of Atter
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From Middle English atter, ater, from Old English āttor, ǣttor, ātor (“poison”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ayd-, *oyd- (“tumor, abscess”). Cognate with Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), Scots atter, etter (“poison, venom”), Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), Dutch etter (“pus”), German Eiter (“poison, pus”), Danish edder, ædder (“venom”), Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), Norwegian eiter (“venom”), Icelandic eitur (“poison”).
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