Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Northern England, dialectal)A spider.

  2. (Northern England, dialectal)A peevish or ill-natured person.

Origin

From Middle English attercoppe, from Old English ātorcoppe (“spider”), corresponding to at

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”).

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Forms

plural: attercops
Singularattercop
Pluralattercops

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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