moither

M3O1I1T1H4E1R1

verb

to bother or harass

“Gie o'er mitherin thi brother an come help me wi t'weshin”

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Meanings

verbmoither (third-person singular simple present moithers, present participle moithering, simple past and past participle moithered)

present singular third person moithers · participle present moithering · participle past moithered · past moithered

  1. Yorkshiredialectalto bother or harass

    Gie o'er mitherin thi brother an come help me wi t'weshin

  2. UKdialectalTo toil; to labour.
  3. To perplex; to confuse.

    She always had what her mother, who does not seem greatly to have cared for her, called “moithered” brains

    1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin

See moider (“to toil, muddle, pester”)

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

thiomermohrite
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APA

moither. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moither

MLA

“moither.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moither. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moither,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moither.

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