ETTERCAP or ATTARCUP

PRONUNCIATION:
(ET-uhr-kap or AT-uhr-kop)

MEANING:
noun:
1. A bad-tempered or spiteful person.
2. A spider.

ETYMOLOGY:
A variant of attercop, from Old English attorcoppa, from ator (poison, venom) + coppa (spider). It’s the same element that shows up in cobweb, literally spider’s web. Earliest documented use: before 1525.

BETTER CAP - Superior headgear

ATTAR CUP - a container with 8 ounces of of rose oil

FETTER CAP - macaroni, according to Yankee Doodle