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mampus

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Singapore/mʌmpos/

mampus noun: a large number.

Noun

mampus

  1. (British, dialectal, Dorset) A large number.
    • No doubt a mampus of folk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The...

Adjective

mampus (not comparable)

  1. (Singapore, informal) finished, wiped out, kaput.
    • "Oh, my wife is such a shrew. No wonder I can't stay with her!" Mampus, you're finished!1985, The Straits Times [newspaper]
    • Luckily, there were not in US dollars. If they were, mampus.1998, unknown author, Singapore Business, page 123

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Forms of mampus

alternative formmampos

Origin of mampus

Origin unknown.

Borrowed from Malay mampus (“to die, to perish, to be wiped out”).

Questions about mampus

What does mampus mean?
Mampus means a large number.
What part of speech is mampus?
Mampus can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mampus?
Mampus is pronounced /mʌmpos/ (Singapore).

Words near mampus in the dictionary

  1. mampoers
  2. mampos
  3. Mampruli
  4. Mamprusi
  5. Mamprusis
  6. mampus
  7. mampy
  8. mams
  9. mamsahib
  10. mamsahibs
  11. mamsell

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