Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
maternal quality. - adjective Pertaining to affectionate and sensitive character.
- adjective Of or pertaining to warm and embonpoint appearance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was as though there were some recovered memory here, the kind women were always having on talk shows, under hypnosis or merely under the care of a kindly, motherish type of quack therapist.
The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005
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You'd laugh to see Meg head the table and try to be motherish.
Little Women 1921
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You'd laugh to see Meg head the table and try to be motherish.
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1860
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link I had just a moment of motherish anxiety there as I thought, Oh, my darling, wonderful little child -- I can't bear the thought that someday the world will hurt you!
madkestrel: Today in 1268, the Principality of Antio madkestrel 2010
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And that pouch isn’t like they make it out on Saturday morning cartoons—it’s pink and wrinkled like inside your lip, and full of important motherish plumbing.
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult 2004
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