† atteryadj.
Obsolete or dialect.
1. Venomous, poisonous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective]
atternc950
atteryc1000
venomousc1330
atteringc1400
poisonous1425
venenousc1425
malice1447
toxicatec1475
poisonable?a1505
empoisoning1526
venomful1544
poisonful1547
poisoning1561
infectious1585
poisonsome1590
banefula1593
poisony1605
toxical1607
aconic1623
mephitic1623
intoxicative1632
venefic1646
toxic1664
venene1665
venenose1673
virose1680
mephitical1704
venefical1716
septinous1875
virific1885
nocuous1890
biocidal1932
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 152 Gif hwa mid his fet of stepð ættrig bansnacan.
c1220 Hali Meid. 15 Earewen idrencte of an attri haliwei.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 213 His teð beoð attri as of amad dogge.
2. Mixed with gall, bitter. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adjective] > bitter to the heart or mind
bitter971
attery?c1225
bitingc1374
salt1513
bitterful?1526
wormwood1594
brinisha1617
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 142 Þet attri drunh þet me him ȝef. þoa him þurste on rode.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 98 Þah hit þunche attri hit is halwende.
3. Malignant, malicious, spiteful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective]
teenfulOE
atteryc1175
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
maliceful1522
envyful1530
viperinec1540
viperous?1542
vipered1560
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1674
viper1721
vipereal1750
viperish1755
vicious1825
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bitchy1928
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] > in the manner of poison
atternc950
atterlichc1050
atteryc1175
envenomedc1375
poisoned?a1513
aconital1652
invenemated1716
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9785 All fulle off attriȝ lund. & fulle of bitterr spæche.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋509 Thanne cometh of ire attry anger.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 493 With atrie visage and with glowrand ene.
1868 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Attery, irascible, choleric. West.
4. Full of morbid or bloody matter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective]
fouleOE
festereda1398
quitterya1398
quittorousa1398
festrya1400
purulent?a1425
suppurate?a1425
matterativec1487
mattereda1500
mattery1527
attery1535
sanious1562
festering1563
matterish1566
infestered1570
ulcerated1580
suppurated1583
sordid1597
corsie1605
fistulating1607
rankling1631
suppurable1634
rancorous1635
undercotted1636
undercotting1637
suppuratory1659
puriform1668
quittorish1668
suppurating1671
scandalous1676
suppurative1746
suppurant1799
gleety1822
puruloid1846
pyoid1846
colloid substance1849
peptic1884
pussy1888
maturable1889
fretty1894
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 431 With bludie woundis so attrie and reid.
1868 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Attery, purulent. East.
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