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bother (v.)
1718, probably from Anglo-Irish
pother
, because its earliest use was by Irish writers Sheridan, Swift, Sterne. Perhaps from Irish
bodhairim
"I deafen." Related:
Bothered
;
bothering
. As a noun from 1803.
