attern
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English attern, from Old English ǣtren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)rīn (“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 *ait(t)rīn.
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.