mitherとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Late 17th century, of unknown origin;

• Possibly related to 中期英語 bemothered (“confused, perplexed”), itself probably related to 古期英語 mēþe (“exhausting, troublesome”), Old Norse móðr (“angry, frustrated”), Middle Dutch moeden (“to tire, exhaust, disturb, trouble”).
• Possibly allied to Welsh moedro (“to worry or bother”), though according to the GPC, the latter is borrowed from English.
• Alternatively, possibly tied to Welsh meidda (“to beg for whey”), from maidd (“whey”).
• Perhaps from Welsh meiddio (“to dare or venture”), a variant of beiddio (“to dare”).

The "dd" in Welsh corresponds in sound to the "th" in mither, and English also has moider and moither.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmaɪðə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -aɪðə(ɹ)

動詞

mither (third-person singular simple present mithers, present participle mithering, simple past and past participle mithered)

1. (intransitive, Northern England, especially Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.
   • 6 February 2020, “The parable of the plug”, in The Economist:

     The European Commission is pondering how to compel phone companies to come up with a universal plug for their chargers. Apple, which uses its own design for its charger cables, is mithering about the change.

2. (transitive, Northern England, especially Manchester) To pester or irritate someone.
   • 11 June 2019, “Women's World Cup: England v Argentina – Keira Walsh 'inspired' by opponents”, in BBC Sport:

     "Every night after work I'd mither [pester] my dad to take me out into the field and practise. There were definitely times when he didn't want to do it, but he never said no.

使用する際の注意点

• (pester, irritate): Usually describes the actions of a child.

語源 2

Variant from 中期英語 muther, muthir, from 古期英語 mōdor (“mother”). More at mother.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmɪðə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɪðə(ɹ)

名詞

mither (plural mithers)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) mother

参考

• mithered

参照

アナグラム

• hermit