seether en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsiːðə(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From seethe + -er.
Meanings
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(archaic) A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
Like burnished gold the little seether shone.
1717, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Vernon, “Book VIII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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A person who seethes.
Oh, she is not born like other girls / But I know how to conceive her / Oh, she may not look like other girls / But she's a snarl-toothed seether, seether!
1994, “Seether”, performed by Veruca Salt:The following strategies can help a seether gain control of angry feelings.
1994, Working Mother, volume 17, number 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seethers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |