tetter

American  

[tet-er] / ˈtɛt ər /

noun

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

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tetter British  

/ ˈtɛtə /

noun

1. a blister or pimple

2. informal any of various skin eruptions, such as eczema

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Etymology

Origin of tetter

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

Example Sentences

Mrs. Bains put a hand on the taller boy’s hair and fingered it lightly, absently searching with her nails for tetter spots.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

September 24, 1802 My Dear Manning,—Since the date of my last tetter, I have been a traveller, A strong desire seized me of visiting remote regions.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles

Dose of infusion as an emetic one to four teaspoonfuls: For ringworm, tetter and warts, it is applied locally, freely.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Had the spirit then so rife really prevailed, the map of America to-day might have been no less blotched with the morbid tetter of particularism than that of the Germany of sixty years ago.

From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by Hosmer, James Kendall

"So shall my lungs Coin words till their decay against those measles, Which we disdain should tetter us, yet sought The very way to catch them."

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman