mothbally

M3O1T1H4B3A1L1L1Y4

adjective

Resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour.

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Meanings

adjectivemothbally (comparative more mothbally, superlative most mothbally)

comparative more mothbally · superlative most mothbally

  1. Resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour.

    A skinny blotter paper suffused with the rosy chemical geraniol and layered with a second blotter dipped in mothbally indole yields lily of the valley, which otherwise would require bales of tender white buds for just a few grams of essential oil.

    2009 March 13, Phoebe Eaton, “Liquid Assets”, in New York Times

Origin

From mothball + -y.

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APA

mothbally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mothbally

MLA

“mothbally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mothbally. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mothbally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mothbally.

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