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mothered

/ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/

mothered adjective: receiving the care and attention of a mother. Also the simple past and past participle of mother.

Adjective (1)

mothered (comparative more mothered, superlative most mothered)

  1. Receiving the care and attention of a mother.

Adjective (2)

mothered (not comparable)

  1. Thick, like mother (film or membrane on fermented liquids); viscid.
    • They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Also used as

mothered is also the simple past and past participle of mother.

Forms of mothered

comparativemore mothered
superlativemost mothered

Origin of mothered

From Middle English *modred, equivalent to mother + -ed.

From mother (“fermented culture”) + -ed.

Words formed from mothered

Phrases with mothered

Questions about mothered

What does mothered mean?
Mothered means receiving the care and attention of a mother.
What part of speech is mothered?
Mothered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mothered?
Mothered is pronounced /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/.

Words near mothered in the dictionary

  1. motherboards
  2. motherchucker
  3. motherchuckers
  4. mothercraft
  5. motherdom
  6. mothered
  7. mothered up
  8. mothereffer
  9. mothereffers
  10. mothereffing
  11. motherer

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