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ettercap Sc.|ˈɛtəkæp|
Also 8 ethercap.
[var. form of attercop.]
1. A spider; = attercop 1.
2. fig. An ill-humoured person; = attercop 2.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iv. i, 'Tis dafter like to thole An ether-cap like him to blaw the coal! c1750A. Robertson in Scott Wav. lxiv, A fiery etter-cap, a fractious chiel. 1820Blackw. Mag. VIII. 15 That ettercap..is flying through the town like a shunky. 1840Fraser's Mag. XXII. 478 A cool temper..I'm sure yon fiery ettercap has not.
Hence ettercapped, ppl. a., inflicted by a spider.
1721Ramsay Poems, To Gay xii, Ye may smile at ethercopit stings With careless pride. |