rottann.

Brit.

/ˈrɒt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈrɑt(ə)n/, Scottish English

/ˈrɔt(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s– rotten, 1700s– rottan, 1800s rott'n (English regional (Lancashire)); also Scottish pre-1700 roten, pre-1700 rottoun, pre-1700 1700s–1800s rotton, pre-1700 1900s– rottin.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ratton n.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of ratton n., with alteration of the vowel in the first syllable apparently after similar forms of rat n.¹ (see also forms from other West Germanic languages at that entry).

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

A rat. Cf. ratton n.In quot. 1575: a contemptible person; = rat n.¹ 4a.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Rattus (rat)

ratOE

rattona1325

rottan1573

1573 Edinb. Test. III. f. 17, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rotto(u)n Rottounpoisone.

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. iii. sig. Ciii^v Thou skald, thou bald, thou rotten, y^u glotton, I will no longer chyd the.

1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 49 Here cattes maken yt crowse; here a rotten, here a mowse.

1610 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 2 [To use their] trade and industrie of making of hekkillis and utheris ingynnis for taking of rottonis and myce.

1649 in Sc. Notes & Queries 3 122 A mikle black thing..lyk a great rotten.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 53 Even the poor dancer creept out of bed like a poisoned rottan.

1803 R. Burns in Scots Mus. Museum VI. 585 A braw new naig wi' the tail o' a rottan.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 11 I had them a' regularly entered, first wi' rottens—then wi' stots or weazels.

1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 259 Bless me, sic a tail it has! Sheerly it's nae a rottan aifter a'.

1886 B. Brierley Cast upon World 162 They looken as hungry as two rottans.

1900 Northern Counties Mag. Dec. 159 Ay, Pepper, laddie, we've waited on him as ye micht wait on a rotten (rat), a weasel, or a rabbit, and the nicht we'll grip him.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) 16 Nov. 11/7 He was lucky that his father..had been on hand to kill the rat that fell on his bed from the hole the rottens had eaten in his bedroom ceiling.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and parasynthetic.

ΚΠ

1573Rottounpoisone [see main sense].

1628 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1900) 2nd Ser. II. 258 That rottin faiced whoore.

1649 in J. I. Smith Sel. Justiciary Cases (1974) III. 811 Poyseonyng thame..with arsenak or rottin possone.

1686 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1900) 3nd Ser. XIII. 67 Ane..horss rotten collored.

1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. ii. 11 I hae been seekin' ye..i' the verra rottan-holes.

1881 B. Brierley Ab-o'th'-Yate's Dict. 130 A thing more dangerous to meddle with than a rottantrap, or gunpeawther.

C2.

† rottan-fall n. Obsolete a rat trap; cf. fall n.¹

ΚΠ

1611 Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne (1898) 148 Lent the clerk the rottonfall.

1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxvii. 361 Div ye keep rotten-fa's aboot your premises.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rottan
释义	rottann. Brit. /ˈrɒt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈrɑt(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈrɔt(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s– rotten, 1700s– rottan, 1800s rott'n (English regional (Lancashire)); also Scottish pre-1700 roten, pre-1700 rottoun, pre-1700 1700s–1800s rotton, pre-1700 1900s– rottin. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ratton n. Etymology: Apparently a variant of ratton n., with alteration of the vowel in the first syllable apparently after similar forms of rat n.¹ (see also forms from other West Germanic languages at that entry). Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). A rat. Cf. ratton n.In quot. 1575: a contemptible person; = rat n.¹ 4a.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Rattus (rat) ratOE rattona1325 rottan1573 1573 Edinb. Test. III. f. 17, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rotto(u)n Rottounpoisone. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. iii. sig. Ciii^v Thou skald, thou bald, thou rotten, y^u glotton, I will no longer chyd the. 1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 49 Here cattes maken yt crowse; here a rotten, here a mowse. 1610 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 2 [To use their] trade and industrie of making of hekkillis and utheris ingynnis for taking of rottonis and myce. 1649 in Sc. Notes & Queries 3 122 A mikle black thing..lyk a great rotten. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 53 Even the poor dancer creept out of bed like a poisoned rottan. 1803 R. Burns in Scots Mus. Museum VI. 585 A braw new naig wi' the tail o' a rottan. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 11 I had them a' regularly entered, first wi' rottens—then wi' stots or weazels. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 259 Bless me, sic a tail it has! Sheerly it's nae a rottan aifter a'. 1886 B. Brierley Cast upon World 162 They looken as hungry as two rottans. 1900 Northern Counties Mag. Dec. 159 Ay, Pepper, laddie, we've waited on him as ye micht wait on a rotten (rat), a weasel, or a rabbit, and the nicht we'll grip him. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) 16 Nov. 11/7 He was lucky that his father..had been on hand to kill the rat that fell on his bed from the hole the rottens had eaten in his bedroom ceiling. Compounds C1. General attributive and parasynthetic. ΚΠ 1573Rottounpoisone [see main sense]. 1628 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1900) 2nd Ser. II. 258 That rottin faiced whoore. 1649 in J. I. Smith Sel. Justiciary Cases (1974) III. 811 Poyseonyng thame..with arsenak or rottin possone. 1686 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1900) 3nd Ser. XIII. 67 Ane..horss rotten collored. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. ii. 11 I hae been seekin' ye..i' the verra rottan-holes. 1881 B. Brierley Ab-o'th'-Yate's Dict. 130 A thing more dangerous to meddle with than a rottantrap, or gunpeawther. C2. † rottan-fall n. Obsolete a rat trap; cf. fall n.¹ ΚΠ 1611 Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne (1898) 148 Lent the clerk the rottonfall. 1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxvii. 361 Div ye keep rotten-fa's aboot your premises. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573
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