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Definition of Mothery
1. a. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).
Definition of Mothery
1. Adjective. Consisting of, containing, or resembling mother (in vinegar). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mothery
1. slimy [adj] - See also: slimy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mothery
Literary usage of Mothery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new and literal translation of Juvenal and Persius; with notes by M. Madan by Juvenal (1839)
"When wine ferments and turns sour, there is a scum or mouldiness on the top,
which bears the appearance of white rags—hence mothery wine was called ..."
2. A Glossary of the Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex by William Durrant Cooper (1853)
"Mouldy, generally applied to liquors, as mothery ale, ... Is it not enough to
make the clearest liquor in the world feculent and mothery. ..."
3. A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious by Juvenal, Martin Madan, Persius (1829)
"When wine ferments and turns sour; there is a scum or mouldiness on the top,
which bears the appearance of white rags—hence mothery wine was called ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"... adj. mouldy ; generally applied to liquors, as mothery ale, mothery wine;
being thick liquor, with the filaments in it, &c.—Cooper. ..."
5. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"... adj. mouldy; generally applied to liquors, as mothery ale, mothery wine; being
thick liquor, with the filaments in it, &c.—Cooper. ..."
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