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overmother

overmother verb: to mother somebody too much; to mollycoddle.

Verb

overmother (third-person singular simple present overmothers, present participle overmothering, simple past and past participle overmothered)

  1. (transitive) To mother somebody too much; to mollycoddle.

Forms of overmother

third-person singular presentovermothers
present participleovermothering
past participleovermothered
pastovermothered

Origin of overmother

From over- + mother.

Questions about overmother

What does overmother mean?
Overmother means to mother somebody too much; to mollycoddle.
What part of speech is overmother?
Overmother is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmother?
The past tense of overmother is overmothered.

Words near overmother in the dictionary

  1. overmortgage
  2. overmortgaged
  3. overmortgages
  4. overmortgaging
  5. overmost
  6. overmother
  7. overmothered
  8. overmothering
  9. overmothers
  10. overmotivated
  11. overmould

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