Definition of Mammet

1. n. An idol; a puppet; a doll.

Definition of Mammet

1. Noun. (obsolete) A false god; an idol. (defdate 13th-17th c.) ¹

2. Noun. A doll or puppet; a lifeless figure, an effigy, a scarecrow. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mammet

1. maumet [n -S] - See also: maumet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammet

mammati
mammatus
mammaw
mammectomies
mammectomy
mammee
mammee apple
mammee apples
mammee tree
mammees
mammer
mammered
mammering
mammers
mammery
mammet (current term)
mammetry
mammets
mammey
mammeys
mammie
mammies
mammifer
mammiferous
mammifers
mammiform
mammil-
mammilated
mammilla
mammillae

Literary usage of Mammet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1866)
"Explain these words:—rout, mob, miscreant, (ok mammet, humanity, lumber, trivial, stipulation, dorm, 5. In what sense arc names said to outlive things: ..."

2. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1904)
"Arber)' At the same time mammet, a puppet or doll, would be likely as an independent formation from the infantile utterance ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"Derivation of “mammet.”—The Rev. R. Chenevix Trench, in his book on the Study of Word,, ... 79., gives the derivation of the old English word mammet from ..."

4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortunes tender, ... 'Slight I you arc a mammet tOI could louse you now. B. Jons. ..."

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