attery

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adjective

Poisonous; venomous

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OriginMiddle English attery ← Old English ǣttriġ ← Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz →
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Meanings

adjectiveattery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery)

comparative more attery · superlative most attery · alternative attry · alternative att'ry · alternative Scotland aitrie · alternative Scotland aittrie · alternative Scotland etri

  1. archaicdialectalPoisonous; venomous
  2. archaicdialectalPernicious
  3. archaicdialectalPurulent; containing pus or matter
  4. archaicdialectalBad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
  5. archaicdialectalCold; bleak; grim
nounattery (uncountable)

alternative attry · alternative att'ry · alternative Scotland aitrie · alternative Scotland aittrie · alternative Scotland etri

  1. archaicdialectaluncountableCold, bleak weather.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Also see
perniciouspoisonous

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*aitrīgaz“poisonous”
  2. Old Englishǣttriġ
  3. Middle Englishattery
  4. Englishattery

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

attery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attery

MLA

“attery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attery.

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