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mothy

[ maw-thee, moth-ee ]

adjective

, moth·i·er, moth·i·est.
  1. containing moths.


mothy

/ ˈmɒθɪ /

adjective

  1. ragged; moth-eaten
  2. containing moths; full of moths
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mothy1

First recorded in 1590–1600; moth + -y 1
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Example Sentences

See Terence Stamp declaim from beneath a mothy blanket, then disappear in a puff of smoke!

Even a little mothy rat of a man who sits opposite me has quite a pad of ten-franc notes.

Beg pardon?” says he, gettin’ twisted up on that mothy gag.

Our hero walked into his apartment, which certainly had a very mothy and mouldy appearance.

There were several articles of wearing apparel in this box, all of a mothy and mouldy character.

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