mundungus
UK/mʌnˈdʌŋɡəs/US/ˌmənˈdəŋɡəs/
mundungus noun: offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
Noun
mundungus (uncountable)
- Offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
- Claret is the universal medicine here, and mundungus port the bane and stupefaction of all society.1767, November 5, George Faulkner, a letter to William Bowyer
- Poor-quality tobacco with a foul, rancid, or putrid smell.
- Whom he brings in among us
And bribes with mundungus;1728 July 28, My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint Against the Dean, Jonathan Swift - The whole town of Ryde could not supply a single leaf [of tea]; for as to what Mrs. Francis and the shop called by that name, it was not of Chinese growth. It did not indeed in the least resemble tea, either in smell or taste, or in any particular, unless in being a leaf: for it was in truth no...1755, Henry Fielding, The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, pages 130–131
- Whom he brings in among us
mundungus meaning in Tamil
mundungus in Tamil
- புகையிலை நாற்றம்
Origin of mundungus
From the Spanish mondongo (“tripe, entrails”), perhaps via its English etymon mondongo.
Questions about mundungus
- What does mundungus mean?
- Mundungus means offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
- What is mundungus in Tamil?
- Mundungus in Tamil is புகையிலை நாற்றம். See Mundungus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mundungus?
- Mundungus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mundungus?
- Mundungus is pronounced /mʌnˈdʌŋɡəs/ (UK).
Words near mundungus in the dictionary
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