"attercop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈætəkɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attercop.wav Forms: attercops [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English attercoppe, from Old English ātorcoppe (“spider”), corresponding to atter (“poison, venom”) + cop (“spider”). The latter is still to be found in the English word cobweb. Cognate to Danish edderkop (“spider”) and Norwegian edderkopp (“spider”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|attercoppe}} Middle English attercoppe, {{inh|en|ang|ātorcoppe|t=spider}} Old English ātorcoppe (“spider”), {{compound|en|atter|cop|gloss1=poison, venom|gloss2=spider}} atter (“poison, venom”) + cop (“spider”), {{cog|da|edderkop||spider}} Danish edderkop (“spider”), {{cog|no|edderkopp||spider}} Norwegian edderkopp (“spider”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} attercop (plural attercops)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England) A spider. Tags: Northern-England, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Spiders
    Sense id: en-attercop-en-noun-oYlpp2QR Disambiguation of Spiders: 48 52 Categories (other): Northern England English
  2. (dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person. Tags: Northern-England, dialectal Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Spiders
    Sense id: en-attercop-en-noun-bupic0ze Disambiguation of People: 2 98 Disambiguation of Spiders: 48 52 Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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