bother
English
/ˈbɒðəɹ/, [ˈbɔðə(ɹ)], [ˈbɒðə(ɹ)], [ˈbɑðɚ]
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
- (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
- (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bauther.
Origin
Scots
bauther
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- God botherer English
- bebother English
- botherance English
- botheration English
- botherer English
- botherless English
- bothersome English
- bothersomely English
- bothersomeness English
- nonbothersome English
- unbothersome English
- bauther Scots
- baddere Pennsylvania German