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motherment

motherment noun: mothering; maternal care.

Noun

motherment (uncountable)

  1. mothering; maternal care
    • She sighed exhaustively, and, holding the grotesque infant close to her breast, disappeared indignantly to administer the very greatly needed motherment.1924, William John Locke, The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

Origin of motherment

From mother + -ment.

Questions about motherment

What does motherment mean?
Motherment means mothering; maternal care.
What part of speech is motherment?
Motherment is a noun.

Words near motherment in the dictionary

  1. motherlove
  2. motherlover
  3. motherlovers
  4. motherloving
  5. motherly
  6. motherment
  7. motherness
  8. motherplant
  9. motherplants
  10. mothers
  11. Mothers Day

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