mothy
Americanadjective
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ragged; moth-eaten
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containing moths; full of moths
Etymology
Origin of mothy
Example Sentences
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Wikipedia’s volunteers, usually sequestered in the mothy recesses of talk pages and admin noticeboards, remain invisible to most readers.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
And in the Folio-only plays there are several very rare words that again are familiar to Florio: "longly", "mothy", "queasines", "roynish".
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013
But the great physicist was also engagingly simple, trading ties and socks for mothy sweaters and sweatshirts.
From Time Magazine Archive
"This mothy one is pretty enough for me," declared Margaret.
From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
There were several articles of wearing apparel in this box, all of a mothy and mouldy character.
From Sue, A Little Heroine by Meade, L. T.
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