Meaning of "moither" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOITHER

Of obscure origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MOITHER

moither  [ˈmɔɪðə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOITHER

Moither is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb moither in English.

WHAT DOES MOITHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Definition of moither in the English dictionary

The definition of moither in the dictionary is to bother or bewilder. Other definition of moither is to talk in a rambling or confused manner.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MOITHER

PRESENT

Present

I moither

you moither

he/she/it moithers

we moither

you moither

they moither

Present continuous

I am moithering

you are moithering

he/she/it is moithering

we are moithering

you are moithering

they are moithering

Present perfect

I have moithered

you have moithered

he/she/it has moithered

we have moithered

you have moithered

they have moithered

Present perfect continuous

I have been moithering

you have been moithering

he/she/it has been moithering

we have been moithering

you have been moithering

they have been moithering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I moithered

you moithered

he/she/it moithered

we moithered

you moithered

they moithered

Past continuous

I was moithering

you were moithering

he/she/it was moithering

we were moithering

you were moithering

they were moithering

Past perfect

I had moithered

you had moithered

he/she/it had moithered

we had moithered

you had moithered

they had moithered

Past perfect continuous

I had been moithering

you had been moithering

he/she/it had been moithering

we had been moithering

you had been moithering

they had been moithering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will moither

you will moither

he/she/it will moither

we will moither

you will moither

they will moither

Future continuous

I will be moithering

you will be moithering

he/she/it will be moithering

we will be moithering

you will be moithering

they will be moithering

Future perfect

I will have moithered

you will have moithered

he/she/it will have moithered

we will have moithered

you will have moithered

they will have moithered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been moithering

you will have been moithering

he/she/it will have been moithering

we will have been moithering

you will have been moithering

they will have been moithering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would moither

you would moither

he/she/it would moither

we would moither

you would moither

they would moither

Conditional continuous

I would be moithering

you would be moithering

he/she/it would be moithering

we would be moithering

you would be moithering

they would be moithering

Conditional perfect

I would have moither

you would have moither

he/she/it would have moither

we would have moither

you would have moither

they would have moither

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been moithering

you would have been moithering

he/she/it would have been moithering

we would have been moithering

you would have been moithering

they would have been moithering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you moither
we let´s moither
you moither

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to moither

Past participle

moithered

Present Participle

moithering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF MOITHER

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The translations of moither from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moither» in English.

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• Translator English - Marathi: कोठेही
• Translator English - Turkish: şaşırtmak
• Translator English - Italian: moither
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOITHER»

Discover the use of moither in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moither and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Shakespeare's Greenwood

One of these is moither. No peasant in a certain condition of mind ever fails to make use of this word. It is one of those that come trippingly from the tongue. " Adone, I tell ye, ye moither me to death," cries the mother to the hardy rustic lad who ...

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The Crack in the Lens

'“Donna moither thy little head about the farm,' he said. 'Papa will take care of it.”' ' “Wilt thou?' ah asked. 'Sure, lass, like always,' he said.” '“But Papa it needs plowing and planting,' I protested.” '“I told thee not to moither about it. I'll get the ...

Darlene A. Cypser, 2011

Studies in the History of the English Language: A Millennial ...

... for offering even preliminary hypotheses about their origin. The entries onfreak, moither, skedaddle, and gumption in the O.D.E.E. are typical. Freak: "prob[ably] of dial[ectal] origin"; moither: "of dial[ectal] and obscure origin"; skedaddle: ...

Donka Minkova, Robert P. Stockwell, 2003

The Woman thou Gavest Me (Volume 2 of 5) (EasyRead Super ...

Hall Caine. "Do you think I'm not doing my best for you, gel – my very best?" I must have made some kind of assent, for he said: "Then don't moither me any more, and don't let your Aunt Bridget moither me – telling me and telling me what I ...

Hall Caine, 2008

The Woman Thou Gavest Me: Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

I must have made some kind of assent, for he said: "Then don't moither me any more, and don't let your Aunt Bridget moither me – telling me and telling me what I might have done for her own daughter instead." At last, with a kind of rough ...

Hall Caine, 2009

A Dream of the North Sea

"Oh! you're over kind to moither yourself about me, sir. She du give me a twist now and then, but, Lord's sake, what was it like before you come! I doan't fare to know about heaven, but I should say, speakin' in my way, this is like heaven, ...

James Runciman, 2012

The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.

Do you not represent Mr. Moither, and other Moravians in England, as teaching the same ? In short, I have not charged the Moravian Church with any thing ; but only repeat after you. And if you have accused them when you knew them to be ...

John Wesley, John Emory, 1835

Words We Use

TROUBLE ^ DISTURBANCE Moither — Harass — Thole — Clamper Pat MacCarthy of Dooradoyle, Limerick, asks about the verb rile, to annoy, perturb. The origin of the verb may lie with medieval French builders. Ruiler to them meant to mix ...

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, Alan Tuffery, 2006

Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science

Adone, I tell thee ; ye moither me to death! " cries the mother to the hardy rustic lad who persists in importuning for a holiday. To “ moither " is to worry, to bother. to bewilder. This word is indigenous to urban as well as rural Warwickshire, and it  ...

‎1897

The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...

MOITHER, 11. and sb. In gm. dial. use in Sc. lrel. and n. and midl. counties to Rdn . Mtg. Glo. Also PNrf. ? Sur. Nfld. Also written moyther Lei.1 Glo.; and in forms mauther Glo.; mayther HrfF; meither s.Chs.'; meyther Lan. Chs.I ; mider Nfld.; mither ...

Joseph Wright

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOITHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moither is used in the context of the following news items.

Sapulpa Woman Hit, Killed By Truck On Daughter's Birthday

She said hearing that little girl screaming for her moither will never leave her memory. I would like to send out my prayers and condolences to ... «News On 6, Sep 14»

Why do Italians still have a soft spot for Mussolini?

In 1935 my moither was touring Europe as a schoolgirl and arrived in Florence to check in with her family at the hotel in Piazza Santa Maria ... «Catholic Herald Online, May 12»