rattery

See also: Rattery

English

Etymology

From rat +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹætəɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ætəɹi
  • Hyphenation: rat‧te‧ry

Noun

rattery (countable and uncountable, plural ratteries)

  1. (countable) A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
  2. (uncountable, obsolete) apostasy; traitorousness
    • June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq.
      the rattery and scoundrelism of public life
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