tetterous, a.
(ˈtɛtərəs)
[f. tetter n. + -ous.]
Of the nature of, proceeding from, or causing tetter.
In quot. 1758 perhaps an error for tetrous, foul.
| 1719 Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (1726), Noli-me-tangere, touch me not, is a tetterous Eruption, thus call'd, from its Soreness, or Difficulty of Cure. 1750 Rutty in Phil. Trans. LI. 476 Scab, tetterous eruptions, scald head, and sore eyes. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 131 A tetterous Humour..shall create an Obstruction. 1977 J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe xii. 181 The lizards, darting from crevice to crevice on a crumbling wall, were in process of shedding tetterous skins to reveal a summer green. |