English Explanatory Dictionary

tetter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various pustular skin conditions.
verb
  1. To affect with tetter.
noun
  1. Potato, or sweet potato root.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛtə/ /ˈtɛtɚ/ /-ɾɚ/

Word forms

tetter tetters tettering tettered

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

honeycomb tetter moist tetter scaly tetter tetterous
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