Meaning

noun a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

verb work lightly

originFrom Middle English pottere, from Old English pottere (“potter”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *pottārī (“pot-maker”), equivalent to pot + -er. Influenced by Anglo-Norman poter, Old French potier (“potter”). Cognate with Dutch potter (“potter”), German Low German Pötter, Pütter (“potter”). Displaced Old English synonyms lāmwyrhta (“a worker in clay, potter”, literally “loam-worker”),…

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