mammet
/ˈmamɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A contemptible person; a weakling, a fool.
Example Sentences
- "Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay The Reſte of ſuche Reconyng may make a fowle fraye"
- "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."
- "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?"
Etymology
From Middle English mawmet, from Anglo-Norman maumet, shortened form of mauhoumet, mahumet; deriving from Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately derived from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad and Mahound.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmamɪt/