pother Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an excited state of agitation
    tizzy; fuss; dither; flap.
    • he was in a dither
    • there was a terrible flap about the theft
  2. verb make upset or troubled
  3. verb make a fuss; be agitated
    flap; dither.

WordNet

Poth"er noun
Etymology
Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.
Definitions
  1. Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. Written also potter, and pudder. "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.
Poth"er intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
Poth"er transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pothered ; present participle & verbal noun Pothering
Definitions
  1. To harass and perplex; to worry. "Pothers and wearies himself." Locke.

Webster 1913