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== English == === Alternative forms === attry, att'ry aitrie, aittrie, etri (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”). By surface analysis, atter (“poison”) +‎ -y. === Adjective === attery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery) (dialectal or archaic) Poisonous; venomous Pernicious (of a wound or sore) Purulent; containing pus or matter (of mood or disposition) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed (of weather) Cold; bleak; grim ==== Synonyms ==== atterly === Noun === attery (uncountable) (dialectal or archaic) Cold, bleak weather. ==== Related terms ==== atter === Anagrams === treaty, yatter == Middle English == === Adjective === attery alternative form of attry