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mothy

mothy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a moth.

Adjective

mothy (comparative mothier, superlative mothiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a moth.
    • He felt a flutter of panic, a commotion of mothy wings at his throat.2012, Griffin Hansbury, The Nostalgist
  2. infested with moths
  3. moth-eaten

Forms of mothy

comparativemothier
superlativemothiest

Origin of mothy

From moth + -y.

Questions about mothy

What does mothy mean?
Mothy means resembling or characteristic of a moth.
What part of speech is mothy?
Mothy is an adjective.

Words near mothy in the dictionary

  1. mothproofings
  2. mothproofs
  3. moths
  4. mothwing
  5. mothwings
  6. mothy
  7. Mothzilla
  8. motia
  9. Motibot
  10. motif
  11. motifeme

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