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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetter1

before 900; Middle English; Old English teter; cognate with Sanskrit dadru kind of skin disease
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetter1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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