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Mg

//meɪd͡ʒ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of machine-glazed. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Minas Gerais: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages. countable

    "Joseph […] walked directly to the driverʼs side of a perfectly beautiful red MG."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of meaning. abbreviation, alt-of

    "The Ger. zurück-weisen has just the same mgs."

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Maung A title for males (analogous to Mr in standard English). Myanmar, abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of mage A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    one thousandth (1/1,000) gram wordnet
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  1. 6
    Initialism of machine gun. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  2. 7
    a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) wordnet
  3. 8
    Initialism of mycotic granulomatosis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of myasthenia gravis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of Maung. Borrowed from Burmese မောင် (maung).

Etymology 2

Coined in 2024, at least in part on the mistaken notion that mage is descended from magister, the same as Mr and Ms.

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