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Middle English
- malmenye, mameny, mammenye, mammony, maumene, maumenye, mawmany, mawmenee, mawmenny, mawmeny, mawmenye, mawmoune
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumenee, an alteration of Arabic مأمونية (maʔmūniyya) after malmener, maumener (“to mistreat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma(u̯)mɛˈneː/, /ˈma(u̯)mɛneː/
Noun
mawmene
- mawmenny (medieval English meat dish)
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