Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mittimus

/ˈmɪtɪməs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: mit-timus
IPA: /ˈmɪtɪməs/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.

noun

A writ for moving records from one court to another.

noun

A formal dismissal from a situation.

Example Sentences

"Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine."
"But she pertinaciously refused to make any response. So that he was about to make her mittimus to Bridewell when I departed."
"Next, sometimes the same clerk, but often a second clerk, who may not have been in the courtroom, types up the mittimus, the formal court order that directs corrections offers^([sic]) to commit someone to prison, and something could get lost in translation there."

Etymology

From Latin mittimus (the opening word of such a document), first-person plural of mittō (“send”).

Inflected Forms

mittimuses (plural) mittimi (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mittimus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪtɪməs/.
What does mittimus mean?: A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
Where does mittimus come from?: From Latin mittimus (the opening word of such a document), first-person plural of mittō (“send”).

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