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moithering

moithering is the present participle and gerund 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 moithering

What is moithering the present participle and gerund of?
Moithering is the present participle and gerund of moither.

Words near moithering in the dictionary

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

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