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Ottery¹

Where it comes from

Presumably from Old English oter + ēa (“otter river”)

proper noun

  1. The local name of Ottery St Mary.
  2. A river in Cornwall, England, which joins the River Tamar; in full, the River Ottery.

ottery²

Where it comes from

From otter + -y.

adjective more ottery · most ottery

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter. Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun.

    Similar: lutrine, otterish, otterlike

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@misc{ottery_2026,
  title = {ottery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ottery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}