attern

adj — 2 senses

attern

adj

Etymology From Middle English attern, from Old English ǣtren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *aittrīn (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter + -en.

UK, Dialectal Venomous; poisonous.

UK, Dialectal, Of people Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

Derived terms: attern-temper

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