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writher

writher noun: one who writhes.

Noun

writher (plural writhers)

  1. One who writhes.
    • Then, almost at once, imagination begins to people this totally unfamiliar world with highly undesirable denizens — jaguars and other snarling cats, the bushmaster, the fer-de-lance, and other venomous writhers, and poisonous insects […]1961, Thomas Harper Goodspeed, Plant Hunters in the Andes, page 335

Forms of writher

pluralwrithers

Origin of writher

From writhe + -er.

Questions about writher

What does writher mean?
Writher means one who writhes.
What part of speech is writher?
Writher is a noun.
What is the plural of writher?
The plural of writher is writhers.

Words near writher in the dictionary

  1. writhe
  2. writhed
  3. writhedly
  4. writhen
  5. writheneck
  6. writher
  7. writhers
  8. writhes
  9. writhing
  10. writhingly
  11. writhings

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