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attern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
at-tern
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Venomous; poisonous.

British usage

adj

Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

British usage

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more attern (comparative) most attern (superlative)

Phrases

attern-temper

Rhymes With

pattern saturn slattern

Questions

What does attern mean?
Venomous; poisonous.
Where does attern come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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