Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vlother

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vlother
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonsense; incoherent or nonsensical talk.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""What, in the fiend's name, be the meaning of all this vlother? " peevishly exclaimed the miller, though still keeping his voice within the prescribed pitch […]"
""'Od's nonsense and vlother! How did he account for 't ? Cows short o' water, I'll be bound. Thic be a likely tale, when we gets short milk, an' poor milk, skimmed to death.[…]""
"Zecond thing: what 'st think volk 'ud want to bide and hark to such vlother vor! Hear enough o't daylight, I count, 'thouse buttowling about down round there, darkynight, a-gaping at a stage! Thee bissen gwain thee ownzelf, bist, Farmer?" "I gwain!" said Farmer Boggis.""
"[…] all of a vlother; 'e couldn' get no sleep 'count of its hollerings and carryings on.[…]"

Etymology

Regarded by the English Dialect Dictionary as a dialectal form of flother; see that entry for more.

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Questions

What does vlother mean?: Nonsense; incoherent or nonsensical talk.
Where does vlother come from?: Regarded by the English Dialect Dictionary as a dialectal form of flother; see that entry for more.

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