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mommet

mommet is the alternative form of mammet.

Meaning of mammet

Noun

mammet (plural mammets)

  1. (obsolete) A false god; an idol.
    • Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay
      The Reſte of ſuche Reconyng may make a fowle frayec. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott
  2. A doll or puppet; a lifeless figure, an effigy, a scarecrow.
    • And then to haue a wretched puling foole, / A whining mammet, in her Fortunes tender, / To answer, Ile not wed, I cannot Loue: / I am too young, I pray you pardon me.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. A contemptible person; a weakling, a fool.
    • Blind, deaf, insensate driveler!—Torpid, blockish, brainless mammet!1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. V, letter 88

Forms of mommet

pluralmommets

Questions about mommet

What is mommet the alternative form of?
Mommet is the alternative form of mammet.

Words near mommet in the dictionary

  1. momme
  2. mommed
  3. mommeries
  4. mommery
  5. mommes
  6. mommet
  7. mommetry
  8. mommets
  9. mommick
  10. mommicked
  11. mommicking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mommet (page history and authors); mammet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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