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Mons

//mɒnz// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery.
Noun
  1. 1
    One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount. obsolete
  2. 2
    plural of MON form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women wordnet
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of mons pubis. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself."

  5. 5
    An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.

    "Olympus Mons"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mōns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount.

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