Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

montem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: mon-tem
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A former custom of Eton schoolboys to go to a hill on the Bath road every third Whit Tuesday to demand 'salt-money' from passers-by, for the university expenses of the senior scholar or school captain.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Mr. Surface—it seems, had come home the Night before late from Salt-Hill where He had been to see the Montem with a Friend, who has a Son at Eton—"

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

montems (plural)

Questions

What does montem mean?: A former custom of Eton schoolboys to go to a hill on the Bath road every third Whit Tuesday to demand 'salt-money' from passers-by, for the university expenses of the senior scholar or school captain.

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