motherable

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adjective

Able or fit to be mothered.

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Meanings

adjectivemotherable (comparative more motherable, superlative most motherable)

comparative more motherable · superlative most motherable

  1. Able or fit to be mothered.

    We had selected warm, loving women as aides and had emphasized heavily relational factors in their training. Such aides are apparently most helpful to shy-withdrawn, cuddly, motherable children.

    2013, Vernon L. Allen, Children as Teachers: Theory and Research on Tutoring, page 138

Origin

From mother + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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