attern
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English attern, from Old English ǣtren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *aittrīn (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter + -en.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)n
Adjective[edit]
attern (comparative more attern, superlative most attern)
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ǣtren, ættern, from Proto-West Germanic *aittrīn.
Adjective[edit]
attern
Descendants[edit]
- English: attern
References[edit]
- “attern, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.
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