Mothered
/ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of mother form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Receiving the care and attention of a mother.
- 2 Thick, like mother (film or membrane on fermented liquids); viscid. not-comparable
"They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil."
Example
More examples"They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English *modred, equivalent to mother + -ed.
Etymology 2
From mother (“fermented culture”) + -ed.