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modiwarp

modiwarp is the alternative form of mouldwarp.

Meaning of mouldwarp

Noun

mouldwarp (plural mouldwarps)

  1. (archaic, regional) A mole, Talpa europaea.
    • For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do...1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, signature D3, verso

Forms of modiwarp

pluralmodiwarps

Questions about modiwarp

What is modiwarp the alternative form of?
Modiwarp is the alternative form of mouldwarp.

Words near modiwarp in the dictionary

  1. modiste
  2. modistes
  3. modistry
  4. modists
  5. modius
  6. modiwarp
  7. modiwarps
  8. Modjadji
  9. Modjadjis
  10. Modliar
  11. Modliars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: modiwarp (page history and authors); mouldwarp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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