hotter

¹

[hot-er]

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

1. to vibrate up and down; shake, totter, or rattle, as a plate on a shelf.

2. to stammer.

hotter

²

[hot-er]

adjective

1. comparative of hot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotter¹

1790–1800; < early Dutch dialect hotteren, frequentative with -er- of Middle Dutch hotten to shake; akin to hotch

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