Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mismother

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-moth-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fail to care for her own offspring, and/or to steal others' offspring and mother it.

Etymology

From mis- + mother.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

mismothers (present, singular) mismothering (participle, present) mismothered (participle, past) mismothered (past)

Questions

What does mismother mean?: To fail to care for her own offspring, and/or to steal others' offspring and mother it.
Where does mismother come from?: From mis- + mother.

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