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mormo

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)məʊ/

mormo noun: a bugbear or invented monster.

Noun

mormo (plural mormos)

  1. (obsolete) A bugbear or invented monster.
    • Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
    • the mormos and bugbears of a frighted rabble1727, William Warburton, Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Miracles

Forms of mormo

pluralmormos

Origin of mormo

From Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”).

Questions about mormo

What does mormo mean?
Mormo means a bugbear or invented monster.
What part of speech is mormo?
Mormo is a noun.
How do you pronounce mormo?
Mormo is pronounced /ˈmɔː(ɹ)məʊ/.
What is the plural of mormo?
The plural of mormo is mormos.

Words near mormo in the dictionary

  1. mormaorship
  2. mormaorships
  3. mormin
  4. Mormino
  5. Morminos
  6. mormo
  7. mormon
  8. Mormon Church
  9. Mormon corridor
  10. Mormon cricket
  11. Mormon crickets

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