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All 4 letters words made out of moth

moth omth mtoh tmoh otmh tomh moht omht mhot hmot ohmt homt mtho tmho mhto hmto thmo htmo othm tohm ohtm hotm thom htom

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Definitions and meaning of moth

moth

Etymology 1

From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa (“moth”), from Proto-West Germanic *moþþō, *mottō, from Proto-Germanic *muþþô, *muttô (“moth, worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒθ/
• (General American) enPR: môth, IPA^(key): /mɔθ/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /mɑθ/, enPR: mŏth
• Rhymes: -ɒθ, -ɔːθ

Noun

moth (plural moths)

1. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
2. (figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Hypernyms

• lep

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Verb

moth (third-person singular simple present moths, present participle mothing, simple past and past participle mothed)

1. (intransitive) To hunt for moths.

See also

• butterfly
• caterpillar
• worm

Etymology 2

From Hindi मोठ (moṭh); see moth bean.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məʊt/
• (General American) enPR: mōt, IPA^(key): /moʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt
• Homophones: moat, mote

Noun

moth (countable and uncountable, plural moths)

1. The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.

Synonyms

• (Vigna aconitifolia): Turkish gram, mat bean, matki

Derived terms

• moth bean
• moth flour

Translations

References

• Vigna aconitifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vigna aconitifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vigna aconitifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• moth at USDA Plants database

Etymology 3

Alternative form of mot (“woman; wife”), likely under influence from Irish maith (“goodness”).

Noun

moth (plural moths)

1. (Ireland, slang) A girlfriend.

Etymology 4

Noun

moth (plural moths)

1. Obsolete form of mote.
2. (dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
   • 1895, Good Housekeeping, page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462

     To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.

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Anagrams

• Thom

Old Irish

Etymology

The word also carried the original meaning of "male organ," from Proto-Celtic *muto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”), perhaps later "penis," related to Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”) and Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”), possibly also Latin muto (“penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moθ/

Noun

moth m

1. amazement, stupor
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68^b9

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References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 moth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːθ/

Noun

moth

1. Nasal mutation of both.

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