mammet

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmamɪt/ (UK)

Definition of mammet

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A false god; an idol.
    “Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay The Reſte of ſuche Reconyng may make a fowle fraye”
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A false god; an idol.
    “Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay The Reſte of ſuche Reconyng may make a fowle fraye”
  2. A doll or puppet; a lifeless figure, an effigy, a scarecrow.
    “And then to haue a wretched puling foole, / A whining mammet, in her Fortunes tender, / To answer, Ile not wed, I cannot Loue: / I am too young, I pray you pardon me.”
    “this is no world / To play with mammets and to tilt with lips”
    “He didn't want to go, and I didn't want him to go; and we stood there like two mommets and there was nothing we could say.”
  3. A contemptible person; a weakling, a fool.
    “Blind, deaf, insensate driveler!—Torpid, blockish, brainless mammet!”
    “"Had it anything to do with father's making such a mommet of himself in the carriage this afternoon?”

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Etymology

From Middle English mawmet, from Anglo-Norman maumet, shortened form of mauhoumet, mahumet; deriving from Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately derived from Arabic Muhammad.

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