tetter

[ tet-er ]

noun

1. (not in technical use) any of various eruptive skin diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.

tetter

/ ˈtɛtə /

noun

1. a blister or pimple
2. informal.
   any of various skin eruptions, such as eczema

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetter¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English teter; cognate with Sanskrit dadru kind of skin disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetter¹

Old English teter; related to Old High German zitaroh, Sanskrit dadru, Late Latin derbita

Example Sentences

Ringworm is a curious form of tetter, in which the inflamed patches assume the form of a ring.

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Tetter, tet′ėr, n. a popular name for several eruptive diseases of the skin.

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It is crusted and scabbed with yellowish tetter, like sulphur or the rancid fat on meat.

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Thus the verses are continued until tetter having “no brother” is ordered to be gone.

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He is covered with tetter, a disease of such a sort as to increase his vehemence and his activity.

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