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moithers

moithers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 moithers

What is moithers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Moithers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of moither.

Words near moithers in the dictionary

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

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