utter
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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English ūtera, comparative of ūt (“out”); compare outer.
[edit] Adjective
utter (not comparable)
- (now poetic, literary) Outer; furthest out, most remote. [from 10th c.]
- (obsolete) Outward. [13th-16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:
- Wo be to you scrybes and pharises ypocrites, for ye make clene the utter side off the cuppe, and off the platter: but within they are full of brybery and excesse.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:
- Absolute, unconditional, total. [from 15th c.]
- This is utter nonsense!
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- See also Wikisaurus:total
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[edit] Etymology 2
Partly from out (adverb/verb), partly from Middle Dutch uteren.
[edit] Verb
utter (third-person singular simple present utters, present participle uttering, simple past and past participle uttered)
- (transitive) To say
- Don't you utter another word!
- (transitive) To use the voice
- Sally uttered a sigh of relief.
- The dog uttered a growling bark.
- (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved
- Sally is uttering some fairly strange things in her illness.
- (transitive) To make (a noise)
- Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
- (transitive) To put counterfeit money etc. into circulation
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say
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use the voice
make speech sounds
make a noise
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put counterfeit money etc. into circulation
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[edit] Etymology 3
Old English ūtor, comparative of ūt (“out”).
[edit] Adverb
utter (comparative more utter, superlative most utter)
- (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- So whan he com nyghe to hir, she bade hym ryde uttir – ‘for thou smellyst all of the kychyn.’
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
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[edit] Noun
utter c.
- otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae