matteredadj.
/ˈmatəd/, U.S. /ˈmædərd/ 1. Containing matter or pus. Now U.S. regional.
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
a1500 Care of Horses (Cambr.) f. 70v The smale vaynys a-mong the senewis rote Craichid & materyd.
a1576 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 189/2 ȜeWryms, festered, rotten, mattered.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. vi. 217 If any part of the mattered member, shall seeme to be putrified..cut it of.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. vi. 217 A mattered tumour is more safly opened with a knife, then with burning medicines.
1965–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 535/1 Mattered.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > rendered inherent in a particular type of matter
mattered1620
materiated1653
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 57 A mattered effect, or effect of the matter, is euery thing made of some matter.
1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 159 From the common matter put or taken away,..to put or take away the mattered,..is a contingent inference: as, In Germany is much wood, therefore they have many ships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.a1500