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coath

UK/kəʊθ/US/koʊθ/

coath noun: sickness; disease; pestilence.

Noun

coath (countable and uncountable, plural coaths)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Sickness; disease; pestilence.
  2. (UK, dialectal) An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
  3. (UK, dialectal) A disease affecting sheep or cattle.

Verb

coath (third-person singular simple present coaths, present participle coathing, simple past and past participle coathed)

  1. (intransitive) To faint.
  2. (transitive) To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.

Forms of coath

Noun
pluralcoaths
alternative formcothe
Verb
third-person singular presentcoaths
present participlecoathing
past participlecoathed
pastcoathed

Origin of coath

From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

Words that rhyme with coath

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Questions about coath

What does coath mean?
Coath means sickness; disease; pestilence.
What part of speech is coath?
Coath can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce coath?
Coath is pronounced /kəʊθ/ (UK).
What is the plural of coath?
The plural of coath is coaths.

Words near coath in the dictionary

  1. coates
  2. Coatesville
  3. coateth
  4. coatful
  5. coatfuls
  6. coath
  7. Coatham Mundeville
  8. coathanger
  9. coathangers
  10. coathing
  11. coathook

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