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mothersome

mothersome adjective: characterised or marked by mothering; motherly, maternal.

Adjective

mothersome (comparative more mothersome, superlative most mothersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by mothering; motherly, maternal.

Forms of mothersome

comparativemore mothersome
superlativemost mothersome

Origin of mothersome

From mother + -some.

Questions about mothersome

What does mothersome mean?
Mothersome means characterised or marked by mothering; motherly, maternal.
What part of speech is mothersome?
Mothersome is an adjective.

Words near mothersome in the dictionary

  1. Mothersheads
  2. Mothershed
  3. Mothersheds
  4. mothership
  5. motherships
  6. mothersome
  7. mothertrucker
  8. mothertruckers
  9. mothertruckin'
  10. mothertrucking
  11. motherumbah

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