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motherable

motherable adjective: able or fit to be mothered.

Adjective

motherable (comparative more motherable, superlative most motherable)

  1. Able or fit to be mothered.
    • We had selected warm, loving women as aides and had emphasized heavily relational factors in their training. Such aides are apparently most helpful to shy-withdrawn, cuddly, motherable children.2013, Vernon L. Allen, Children as Teachers: Theory and Research on Tutoring, page 138

Forms of motherable

comparativemore motherable
superlativemost motherable

Origin of motherable

From mother + -able.

Questions about motherable

What does motherable mean?
Motherable means able or fit to be mothered.
What part of speech is motherable?
Motherable is an adjective.

Words near motherable in the dictionary

  1. mother-spot
  2. mother-spots
  3. mother-to-be
  4. mother-tongue
  5. mother-wit
  6. motherable
  7. motherboard
  8. motherboards
  9. motherchucker
  10. motherchuckers
  11. mothercraft

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