English Explanatory Dictionary

attern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Venomous; poisonous.
  2. Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

Word forms

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Etymology

From Middle English attern, from Old English ǣtren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *aittrīn (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter + -en.

Derived words

attern-temper
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