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English
Noun
mawmet (plural mawmets)
- Archaic form of mammet.
Middle English
- mamet, mament, mamett, mammett, maulmette, maumat, maumet, maument, maunmet, mawmed, mawmete, mawment, mawmette, momenet, mowmette
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman maumet, mauhoumet, mahumet; deriving from Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (maḥummad), ultimately derived from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Macomet and Mahown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mau̯ˈmɛːt/, /ˈmau̯mɛt/, /ˈmau̯mɛnt/
Noun
mawmet (plural mawmettes)
- idol (representation of a pagan god)
c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon ·i· 5:21, page 115v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:mi litle ſones kepe ȝe ȝou fro mawmetis- My little children, keep yourselves from idols.
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