mothered
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English *modred, equivalent to mother + -ed.
Adjective[edit]
mothered (comparative more mothered, superlative most mothered)
- Receiving the care and attention of a mother.
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
mothered
- simple past and past participle of mother
Etymology 2[edit]
From mother (“fermented culture”) + -ed.
Adjective[edit]
mothered (not comparable)
- Thick, like mother (film or membrane on fermented liquids); viscid.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.
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