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moly

/ˈməʊli/

moly noun: a magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.

Noun (1)

moly (countable and uncountable, plural molies)

  1. (Greek) A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
    • It excels Homers moly, cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
    • Or, propt on beds of amaranth and moly, / How sweet (while warm airs lull us, blowing lowly,)1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 114
  2. Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.

Noun (2)

UK/ˈmɒli/

moly (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Molybdenum.
    • The fuselage and tail unit were constructed of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, fabric covered, with two seats in one elongated open 'bathtub' cockpit.1990, John Wegg, General Dynamics Aircraft and Their Predecessors, page 55
  2. (slang) Molybdenum grease.

moly meaning in Urdu

moly in Urdu

جادو کی بوٹی, طلسمی بوٹی

Forms of moly

pluralmolies

Origin of moly

From Latin mōly, from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) (probably a loanword).

Clipping of molybdenum.

Words formed from moly

Phrases with moly

Words that rhyme with moly

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Questions about moly

What does moly mean?
Moly means a magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
What is moly in Urdu?
Moly in Urdu is جادو کی بوٹی, طلسمی بوٹی. See Moly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is moly?
Moly is a noun.
How do you pronounce moly?
Moly is pronounced /ˈməʊli/ (UK).
What is the plural of moly?
The plural of moly is molies.

Words near moly in the dictionary

  1. Moluche
  2. moluranite
  3. molusc
  4. moluscicidal
  5. Molve
  6. moly
  7. moly cow
  8. moly cows
  9. molybdate
  10. molybdates
  11. molybdatophosphoric

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