Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

namous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: na-mous
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To run away; to leave; to depart.

British usage; Obsolete

intj

Look out! Beware!

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:namous."
"One boy (of the party) is always on the look out, and even if a stranger should advance, the cry is given of "Namous" or "Kool Eslop." Instantly the money is whipped-up and pocketed, and the boys stand chattering and laughing together."

Etymology

UK 19th century. Probably from Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Possibly influenced by German nehmen (“to take”). Cognate with English vamoose. Possibly backslang from summon.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: vamos, nehmen

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

namouses (present, singular) namousing (participle, present) namoused (participle, past) namoused (past) nammous (alternative) nammus (alternative) nommous (alternative) nommus (alternative) namase (alternative) namous! (canonical)

Synonyms

flee leave heads up

Questions

What does namous mean?: To run away; to leave; to depart.
Where does namous come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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