pother

[ poth-er ]

noun

1. commotion; uproar.
2. a heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
3. a choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to worry; bother.

pother

/ ˈpɒðə /

noun

1. a commotion, fuss, or disturbance
2. a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc

verb

1. to make or be troubled or upset

Word History and Origins

Origin of pother¹

First recorded in 1585–95; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of pother¹

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The besotted world is not worth the pother this foolish young married woman makes over it.

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There has indeed been a great deal of pother of late over the virtue and temper of "rural-minded people."

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There was another bad manitou at the mouth of Superior Bay, where conflicting currents make a pother of waters.

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"He is working out that passage in the Politics that your tutor makes such a pother about," said the other.

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I shall just go right on without any more pother, and put a date now and then when it is very particular.

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