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gotter
English
Etymology
From got to
Verb
gotter
- Alternative form of gotta
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potter
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English pottere, from late Old English pottere (“potter”), equivalent to pot +? -er, influenced by Old French potier (“potter”). More at pot. Displaced Old English crocwyrhta (“crock-wright”).
Noun
potter (plural potters)
- One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 453,
- shoemakers, weavers, potters, bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 453,
- One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
- One who pots meats or other eatables.
- One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)
- The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
- The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
Synonyms
- (Pseudemys rubriventris): northern red-bellied cooter
- (maker of ceramics): ceramicist
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- potter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- (Biblical) Bratcher, Dennis Bratcher (2006), The Potter, The Voice CRI/Voice Institute[1]
Etymology 2
Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote +? -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).
Alternative forms
- putter, pouter, pudder, pother
Verb
potter (third-person singular simple present potters, present participle pottering, simple past and past participle pottered)
- (Britain) To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.
- (Britain) To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)
- (obsolete) To poke repeatedly.
Derived terms
- potter about
- potter around
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
potter m or f
- indefinite plural of potte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
potter f
- indefinite plural of potte
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