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Definition of Moth-eaten

1. Adjective. Showing signs of wear and tear. "An old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

2. Adjective. Worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths. "Moth-eaten blankets"

3. Adjective. Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new. "Stale news"

Definition of Moth-eaten

1. Adjective. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae. ¹

2. Adjective. old and in poor condition ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moth-eaten

motel room motelier moteliers motelike motels moten motes motesanib motet motets

motett motetts motey moth moth-eaten (current term) moth-eaten alopecia moth-er moth-resistant moth bean moth miller

moth mullein moth orchid moth patch moth plant mothball mothballed mothballing mothbally

Literary usage of Moth-eaten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"... of moth- eaten records in his m.iw," etc. The Projectors: A comedy by J. Wilson. 410, 1665. Scene, London. This p!ay met with good success on the stage. ..."

2. A Complete Concordance to the Revised Version of the New Testamentby John Alexander Thoms by John Alexander Thoms (1883)
"... moth-eaten. Jas. 5. 2. and your garments are m. MOTHER, -S. Mat. 1. 18. when his m. Mary had been betrothed 2. 11. saw the young child with Mary his m. ..."

3. London Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil. With One Hundred and Thirty by Richard Lovett (1890)
"... and impressiveness about them which not even their draggled features and faded, moth-eaten garments, laden with the dust of centuries, can efface. ..."

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