motheryadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌð(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈməð(ə)ri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < mother n.² + -y suffix¹.

1. Resembling mother (mother n.²); (esp. of wine or beer) full of sediment or dregs; mouldy. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty

fennyc1000

vinnyOE

mouleda1250

moulya1398

mouldena1400

spaked1438

vinniedc1450

mouldy1495

hoared1496

mustyc1503

foisty1519

mocha1522

hoary1530

hoar1544

mouldeda1552

mowsy1566

foistied1572

fustied1576

spaky1590

musted1632

mouldish1648

emucid1656

mucid1656

mungy1658

mouldly1678

foisted1688

mothery1697

vinnewya1722

rusty-fustya1790

musty-fusty1857

mucidous1866

blue-vinnied1880

blue-veined1898

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum > containing mother

mothered1697

mothery1697

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 420 If the Liquor take any vent it will be sowre presently, so that when we buy any of it, of the Ships from China returning to Maderas.., if the clay be crackt, or the Liquor mothery, we make them take it again.

a1703 R. Hooke Lect. Light in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 127 Crushing down to the bottom of the Eye this Mothery Substance.

1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Nov. The Wine..turns Mothery.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xix. 173 If there is such a juice..,—is it not enough to make the clearest liquor in the world both feculent and mothery?

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 236 Mother, the thick tough glutinous scum on vinegar or beer in bottles, &c. ‘It's all mothery.’

1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 239 Wine..vinegar, catsup, not unfrequently become mothery.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) The beer's got pretty mothery.

1940 E. E. Cummings 50 Poems xxxix Rains a grey snow of mothery same rotting keen dream?

1996 A. Mitchell Blue Coffee 68 Elephants bathing in the foam-floody river Fountaining their children in the mothery river.

2. English regional (Lincolnshire). Of the weather: damp, drizzly; close.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > and moist

austral?1541

mooth1768

mothery1866

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > drizzly

drizzling1566

mizzly1566

mizzlinga1642

drizzly1694

mothery1866

smurry1888

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 129 What mothery weather we have had lately, like.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 196/1 Mothery, of the weather: damp and dirty; the sort of drizzly wetness that seems to make the dirt off the road and in the air cling to you.

Derivatives

† motheriness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > mouldy or musty condition

mustiness1526

mouldiness1559

vinniedness1565

foistiness1576

hoariness1580

must1602

vinnewinessa1722

motheriness1742

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > types of scum

motherc1485

froth1541

motheriness1742

laitance1909

1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. iii. 76 A sort of whitish Scum or Motheriness will appear upon the Surface.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mothery
释义	motheryadj. Brit. /ˈmʌð(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈməð(ə)ri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mother n.² + -y suffix¹. 1. Resembling mother (mother n.²); (esp. of wine or beer) full of sediment or dregs; mouldy. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 mocha1522 hoary1530 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 mowsy1566 foistied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 musted1632 mouldish1648 emucid1656 mucid1656 mungy1658 mouldly1678 foisted1688 mothery1697 vinnewya1722 rusty-fustya1790 musty-fusty1857 mucidous1866 blue-vinnied1880 blue-veined1898 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum > containing mother mothered1697 mothery1697 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 420 If the Liquor take any vent it will be sowre presently, so that when we buy any of it, of the Ships from China returning to Maderas.., if the clay be crackt, or the Liquor mothery, we make them take it again. a1703 R. Hooke Lect. Light in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 127 Crushing down to the bottom of the Eye this Mothery Substance. 1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Nov. The Wine..turns Mothery. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xix. 173 If there is such a juice..,—is it not enough to make the clearest liquor in the world both feculent and mothery? 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 236 Mother, the thick tough glutinous scum on vinegar or beer in bottles, &c. ‘It's all mothery.’ 1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 239 Wine..vinegar, catsup, not unfrequently become mothery. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) The beer's got pretty mothery. 1940 E. E. Cummings 50 Poems xxxix Rains a grey snow of mothery same rotting keen dream? 1996 A. Mitchell Blue Coffee 68 Elephants bathing in the foam-floody river Fountaining their children in the mothery river. 2. English regional (Lincolnshire). Of the weather: damp, drizzly; close. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > and moist austral?1541 mooth1768 mothery1866 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > drizzly drizzling1566 mizzly1566 mizzlinga1642 drizzly1694 mothery1866 smurry1888 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 129 What mothery weather we have had lately, like. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 196/1 Mothery, of the weather: damp and dirty; the sort of drizzly wetness that seems to make the dirt off the road and in the air cling to you. Derivatives † motheriness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > mouldy or musty condition mustiness1526 mouldiness1559 vinniedness1565 foistiness1576 hoariness1580 must1602 vinnewinessa1722 motheriness1742 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > types of scum motherc1485 froth1541 motheriness1742 laitance1909 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. iii. 76 A sort of whitish Scum or Motheriness will appear upon the Surface. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1697
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