Etymology

motherful

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Today it means: Befitting a mother; motherly. Full definition →

Middle English moderfull
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommoderfull
  2. English todaymotherful

From Middle English moderfull, equivalent to mother + -ful. Cognate with Scots moderfull (“pregnant”).

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