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单词 mammet
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Definition of mammet in English:

mammet

noun ˈmamɪt
Regional archaic
  • 1An image, a dressed-up figure; a doll, a puppet.

  • 2A contemptible or hateful person; a weakling, a physically or mentally feeble person. Now chiefly English regional.

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman maumet, reduced form of mauhoumet, Old French mahomet, mahommet idol, a use of Mahomet Mahomet, resulting from the common medieval Christian belief that the prophet Muhammad was worshipped as a god.

 
 

Definition of mammet in US English:

mammet

nounˈmamɪt
Regional archaic
  • 1An image, a dressed-up figure; a doll, a puppet.

  • 2A contemptible or hateful person; a weakling, a physically or mentally feeble person. Now chiefly English regional.

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman maumet, reduced form of mauhoumet, Old French mahomet, mahommet idol, a use of Mahomet Mahomet, resulting from the common medieval Christian belief that the prophet Muhammad was worshipped as a god.

 
 
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