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mormos

mormos is the plural of mormo.

Meaning of mormo

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

Questions about mormos

What is mormos the plural of?
Mormos is the plural of mormo.

Words near mormos in the dictionary

  1. Mormonophobia
  2. mormons
  3. Mormony
  4. mormoopid
  5. mormoopids
  6. mormos
  7. Mormugao
  8. mormyrid
  9. mormyrids
  10. mormyrin
  11. mormyrins

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