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atter
- /ˈætə/ UK
- /ˈætəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English atter, ater, from Old English āttor, ǣttor, ātor (“poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *aitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-, *h₂oyd- (“tumor, abscess”), related to Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “swelling, tumour, abscess, produced by internal action”).
Cognate with Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), Scots atter, etter (“poison, venom”), Shetlandic eter (“poison; bitter cold”), Old Norse eitr, Icelandic eitur (“poison”), Faroese eitur, Norwegian eiter (“venom”), Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), Danish edder, ædder (“venom”), Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), Dutch etter (“pus”), German Eiter (“poison, pus”).
noun atters · attir · etter
- Poisonous bodily fluid, especially venom of a venomous animal, such as a snake, dragon or other reptile; corrupt or morbid matter from the body, such as pus from a sore or wound; bitter substance, such as bile.
- Moral corruption or corruptness; noxious or corrupt influence, poison to the soul, evil, anger, envy, hatred; destruction, death.
- Epithelium produced on the tongue.
- A scab; a dry sore.
verb atters · attering · attered · attir · etter
- to venom; sting
- to discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake
Translations
Talk about this word "atter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/atter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. atter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/atter "atter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/atter.Cite this
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title = {atter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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