Attercop Definition

noun

(obsolete except in dialects) A spider.

Wiktionary

(obsolete except in dialects) A peevish or ill-natured person.

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Other Word Forms of Attercop

Noun

Singular:
attercop
Plural:
attercops

Origin of Attercop

  • From Middle English, from Old English ātorcoppe (“spider”), corresponding to atter (“poison, venom”) +‎ cop (“head”). The latter is still to be found in the English word cobweb.

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