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moithered

moithered is the simple past and past participle of moither.

Meaning of moither

Verb

moither (third-person singular simple present moithers, present participle moithering, simple past and past participle moithered)

  1. (Yorkshire, dialectal) to bother or harass
    • Gie o'er mitherin thi brother an come help me wi t'weshin
  2. (UK, dialectal) To toil; to labour.
  3. To perplex; to confuse.
    • She always had what her mother, who does not seem greatly to have cared for her, called “moithered” brains1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Questions about moithered

What is moithered the simple past and past participle of?
Moithered is the simple past and past participle of moither.

Words near moithered in the dictionary

  1. moisturizing cream
  2. moisturizing creams
  3. moisty
  4. moit
  5. moither
  6. moithered
  7. moithering
  8. moithers
  9. moities
  10. moity
  11. MOJ

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