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smotheriness
English
Etymology
smothery +? -ness
Noun
smotheriness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being smothery.
- 1892, "An Allegory of a Water Cooler," in The Station Agent, Cleveland, Ohio, Vol. VII, April 1892, [1]
- In order to escape the smotheriness of a closely built up city and because it was cheaper, I lived pretty well out to the limits of Clamport […]
- 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, 1998, Chapter 15,
- Yet already it felt to Jill and Eustace as if all their dangers in the dark and heat and general smotheriness of the earth must have been only a dream.
- 1892, "An Allegory of a Water Cooler," in The Station Agent, Cleveland, Ohio, Vol. VII, April 1892, [1]
smotheriness From the web:
smother
English
Alternative forms
- smoother (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sm?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-Germanic *smur?n? (“to suffocate, strangle”). Cognate with Middle Low German smoren, smurten (“to choke, suffocate”), West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”), Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother", also "to stew, simmer”), German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”).
Verb
smother (third-person singular simple present smothers, present participle smothering, simple past and past participle smothered)
- (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- Synonyms: stifle, cover up, conceal, hide
- (transitive) In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
- (transitive) To daub or smear.
- (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
Related terms
- smotheration
- smotheriness
- smothery
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”), from Old English smorþor (“smoke”, literally “that which suffocates”), from smorian (“to suffocate, choke”) + -þor (instrumental suffix).
Noun
smother (plural smothers)
- That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
- Smoldering; slow combustion.
- Cookware used in such cooking. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Suspicion
- not to keep their suspicions in smother
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Suspicion
- (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
- 1868, Judy (volumes 3-4, page 20)
- Then we passed the Grand Opéra, at which our fine taste revolted; the Rue de la Paix, all in a smother with the dust caused by its improvement, at which our eyes naturally distilled water; […]
- 1868, Judy (volumes 3-4, page 20)
- (Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
References
- smother in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- moth-ers, mothers, thermos
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