tetter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛtə/    美 /ˈtɛtɚ/|/-ɾɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various pustular skin conditions. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — heal this tetter of pedagogism that bespreads him
  2. Potato, or sweet potato root. obsolete
    — Buh Sparruh biggin fur brag, an eh say: "Me tetter, him heap bigger den any me see. Me farruh befo me blan plant tetter, an him tetter bigger ner de calf er me leg. Me kin beat me farruh raise tetter
动词 v.
  1. To affect with tetter.
    — […] And all my smooth body, barked and tettered over.

词形变化

tetters plural tetters present,singular,third-person tettering participle,present tettered participle,past tettered past tetters plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English teter, from Old English teter, tetr, tetra, from Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”).
词源 2
Corruption of potato.
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