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whetter

noun
/ˈwɛtə(ɹ)/UK/ˈʍɛtə(ɹ)//ˈwɛtɚ/US

Etymology

From whet + -er.

  1. derived from *kʷeh₁d-✻ — “sharp”
  2. inherited from *hwatjaną✻ — “to sharpen, whet; (figurative) to incite, instigate”
  3. inherited from *hwattjan✻ — “to sharpen, whet”
  4. inherited from hwettan — “to sharpen, whet; (figurative) to encourage, incite”
  5. inherited from whetten — “to make the edge of (a sword, tool, etc.) sharp; to grunt, snort; to scrape the ground with (one’s feet); to make a chattering or grinding sound; (figurative) of a person: to prepare for battle; to make (one’s wit) alert or keen; to strengthen (one’s heart or will); to incite, provoke”
  6. suffixed as whetter — “whet + er”

Definitions

  1. Something that whets. Agent noun of whet

    • More a taste whetter than a substantial introduction, this exhibition presents six of the Expressionist portraits that made Kokoschka’s reputation in the pre-World War I era and about 40 works on paper.

  2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whetter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA