mothered
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/
Etymology 1
From Middle English *modred, equivalent to mother + -ed.
Adjective
mothered (comparative more mothered, superlative most mothered)
- Receiving the care and attention of a mother.
Derived terms
Adjective
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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