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Mormoness

Mormoness noun: a female Mormon.

Noun

Mormoness (plural Mormonesses)

  1. (dated, rare) A female Mormon.
    • Zilpha, being just Hiram's age, as was woman's right, blossomed first, and became a demure, marriageable little Mormoness in long dresses (or, as a perverse Gentile friend used to call Mormon little girls, a "Mormoniculess," Mormon little boys being similarly "Mormonicles")," while Hiram was...1871, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, The Heart of the Continent

Forms of Mormoness

pluralMormonesses

Origin of Mormoness

From Mormon + -ess.

Questions about Mormoness

What does Mormoness mean?
Mormoness means a female Mormon.
What part of speech is Mormoness?
Mormoness is a noun.
What is the plural of Mormoness?
The plural of Mormoness is Mormonesses.

Words near Mormoness in the dictionary

  1. Mormon potatoes
  2. Mormon tea
  3. Mormon teas
  4. Mormondom
  5. Mormondumb
  6. Mormoness
  7. Mormonesses
  8. Mormonier
  9. Mormoniest
  10. Mormonisation
  11. Mormonise

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