soother

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Adjective

1. (archaic) comparative form of sooth, truer.

Noun

soother (plural soothers)

1. One who, or that which, soothes.
2. (Canada, Ireland) A plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:pacifier

Verb

soother (soothers, present participle soothering; past and past participle soothered)

1. To soothe.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

     And two great big lovely big tears coursing down his cheeks. It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.

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