mothy

Questions about mothy

What does mothy mean?

mothy means "worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mothy?

mothy has 2 syllables: mo-thy. The stress falls on "mo".

What is another word for mothy?

Close synonyms include moth-eaten. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mothy a common word?

mothy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.