Attern Definition
adjective
(UK dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.
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Origin of Attern
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From Middle English attern, from Old English ǣtren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrinaz (“poisonous”), equivalent to atter + -en. Cognate with Middle High German eiterin (“poisonous”). More at atter.
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