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mammetry

/ˈmæmɪtɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mam-me-try
IPA
/ˈmæmɪtɹi/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The religion of Muhammad: Islam.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Idolatry; paganism.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English mawmetrie, from Anglo-Norman maumeterie, a reduced form of mahumetterie (“idolatry, heathendom”), from Mahumet (“Muhammad”), ultimately from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (see Muhammad for more). Equivalent to mammet + -ry.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

mammetries (plural) mawmetry (alternative) maumetry (alternative) mommetry (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mammetry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæmɪtɹi/.
What does mammetry mean?
The religion of Muhammad: Islam.
Where does mammetry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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