Upter vs Apter - What's the difference?
upter | apter |
(AU, colloquial) Useless, no good.
* 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 228:
*:‘Where's your father hiding?’ She rubbed the rough-textured skin, trying to warm it. ‘If he thinks he's entertaining us, he's upter .’ (apt)
* 1597 — , i 1
* 1844 —
As adjectives the difference between upter and apter
is that upter is (au|colloquial) useless, no good while apter is (apt).upter
English
Alternative forms
* uptaAdjective
(en adjective)apter
English
Adjective
(head)- Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek
Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.
- Would you deign to be my instructress, I should prove an apter scholar than if taught by Signor Rappaccini himself.