Definitions for moth-eaten

moth-eaten moth-eat·en

Spelling: [mawth-eet-n, moth-]
IPA: /ˈmɔθˌit n, ˈmɒθ-/

Moth-Eaten is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 309 anagrams from letters in moth-eaten (-aeehmnott).

Definitions for moth-eaten

adjective

  1. eaten or damaged by or as if by the larvae of moths.
  2. decayed or worn out.
  3. out of fashion; antiquated.

Origin of moth-eaten

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

Examples for moth-eaten

The furniture was dilapidated, and the coverings of it were worn and moth-eaten.

She likewise found a moth-eaten parchment, which she sat down to peruse.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

Come one, come all—all you moth-eaten, lousy stiffs from Stiffville.

It was generally supposed that she was, in the slang of the day, either "moth-eaten," or "cracked."

For a contemporary manifestation of this moth-eaten brand of tyranny, look no further than Hamas-ruled Gaza.

It is a rusted and a moth-eaten thing; it eats the flesh as doth a canker.

It's all stuffy and moth-eaten, and the gold is nearly black.

I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but there they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten.

That's the old, moth-eaten gag they're sure to try to pull on you.

Word Value for moth-eaten
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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