mant1
/mant/(also maunte, mante) Now historical
noun
1A fabric of a type originally made in Mantua; = Mantua. rare.
- Attested only with reference to the petition of Hector Hamon and his fellow Huguenots to the city council of Canterbury in 1575..
2A cloak or robe; = manteau, mantua.
Origin
Late 16th century.
mant2
/mant/Scottish, English regional (northern ), and Irish English (northern )
noun
A stammer, a stutter; a speech impediment.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Thomson (1765–1846), physician and surgeon. From mant.
mant3
/mant/(also maunt) Scottish and English regional (northern )
verb
[no object] To stutter, to stammer; to have a speech impediment.
Origin
Early 16th century. From Scottish Gaelic mannt lisp, stammer, cognate with Early Irish mant gum, Middle Welsh mant mouth, jaw, and probably more distantly cognate with classical Latin mentum chin.
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