munter
/ˈmʌn.tə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter."
- "He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party."
- "[…] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare."
- "[…] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]"
Etymology
Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmʌn.tə/
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Obsolete
Inflected Forms
munters (plural)
monter (alternative)
mounter (alternative)
muntour (alternative)
montour (alternative)
mountour (alternative)
muntoure (alternative)
muntor (alternative)
muntar (alternative)