Tetter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɛtə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tetter is a noun meaning (now rare) Any of various pustular skin conditions.
Meaning
(now rare) Any of various pustular skin conditions.
More Meanings
- To affect with tetter.
- (Regional Dixieland vernacular, obsolete) Potato, or sweet potato root.
Example Sentences
A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick
heal this tetter of pedagogism that bespreads him
[…] And all my smooth body, barked and tettered over.
Angelus Politianus had a tetter in his nose continually running, fulsome in company, yet no man so eloquent and pleasing in his works.
Word Forms
- tetters
- tettering
- tettered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fret, dartre, pustulosis, tungiasis, typhus, keratoderma.
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