May 16, 2025 · From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig …

Factsheet What does the adjective attery mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective attery. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. …

Attery definition: (dialectal or archaic) <a>Poisonous</a>; <a>venomous.</a>.

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How to define the word attery? The definition of attery in Dictionary is as: (dialectal or archaic) Poisonous; venomous. Meaning of attery for the defined word. Grammatically, this word …

ATTERY, ATTRY, ATTRIE, ATRY, adj. Obs. in St.Eng. [′ɑtrɪ̢ Sc.; ′atri I.Sc.] 1. Purulent, containing matter. Sc. 1808 Jam.: Applied to a sore that is cankered. Bnff.2 1932: I row't up his sair …

Attery literally means poisonous or festering. The earliest example of the word in Scots makes this very clear; The Cursing of Sir Iohine Rowlis vpoun the steilaris of his fowlis (c1500), preserved …

From Middle English attri, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ ("poisonous"), equivalent to atter (“poison”) +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch etterig ("purulent"), German eiterig ("purulent, festering"), …

As an adjective attery is (dialectal|or|archaic) poisonous; venomous. As a noun attery is (of weather|dialectal|or|archaic) cold, bleak weather.