ratton

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ratoun, Middle French raton, corresponding to rat +‎ -oon.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹatn̩/

Noun

ratton (plural rattons)

  1. (now Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A rat. [from 14th c.]
    • c. 1390, William Landland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
      Wiþ þat ran þere a route · of ratones at ones / And smale mys with hem · mo þen a þousande.
    • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:
      'A Yorkshire burr,' he affirmed, 'was as much better than a cockney's lisp as a bull's bellow than a ratton’s squeak.'

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