Main Entry:: ¹moth·er
Pronunciation:: \ˈmə-thər\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor; akin to Old High German muoter mother, Latin mater, Greek mētēr, Sanskrit mātṛ
Date:: before 12th century

1 a: a female parent b (1): a woman in authority; specifically : the superior of a religious community of women (2): an old or elderly woman2: source, origin <necessity is the mother of invention>3: maternal tenderness or affection4[short for motherfucker] sometimes vulgar : motherfucker5: something that is an extreme or ultimate example of its kind especially in terms of scale <the mother of all construction projects>

— moth·er·hood

\-ˌhu̇d\ noun

— moth·er·less

\-ləs\ adjective

— moth·er·less·ness noun

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