attry

English

Adjective

attry (comparative more attry, superlative most attry)

  1. Alternative form of attery.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ; equivalent to atter (“poison”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat(ə)riː/

Adjective

attry (plural and weak singular attrie)

  1. Poisonous, toxic; containing poison or venom.
  2. (figurative) Malign, harmful; causing damage.
    • c. 1225, Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎[1], Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folio 53, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, January 2018:
      Þe neddꝛe of attrı onde haueð ſeoue hƿelpeſ. Ingratıtudo. þıſ cundel bꝛet hwa ſe nıſ ıcnaƿen goddede. ah teleð lutel þrof. oþer foꝛȝet mıd alle.
      The snake of poisonous envy has seven children. Ingratitude: this child is nurtured by whoever hasn't acknowledged benefits and hardly thinks about or [even] entirely forgets [them].
  3. (rare) Bitter; acrid-tasting.

Descendants

  • English: attery, attry
  • Scots: attery, attry, attrie, atry

References

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