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Definition of Maumet
1. n. See Mawmet.
Definition of Maumet
1. Noun. (archaic form of mammet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maumet
1. an idol [n -S] - See also: idol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maumet
Literary usage of Maumet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"per inné he hafde his maumet, ibid. iii. 170. ... ne hath not but о maumet or
two, and the avaricious man hath many; for certes, ..."
2. A Middle English Reader by Oliver Farrar Emerson (1915)
"... 136, 30; maugre his, in spite of him, 137, u. maumet. ... sb., based on maumet;
idolatry, 135, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"And where I meet your maumet gods, I'll swing 'em Thus o'er my head, and kick 'em
into puddles. night, O. PI., iv, 466. , . li. ami Fl. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"And where I meet your maumet gods, I'll swing 'em Thus o'er my head, and kick 'em
into puddles. Fletcher, Island Princess, iv. 5. (Nares.) 2. A puppet. ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"maumet, a child's babe.—Gould- man. ... О God, that ever any man should look Upon
this maumet, and not laugh ai him. O. Play ¡n Nares. ..."
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