Mome
//moʊm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dull or stupid person. archaic
Example
More examples"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe."
Etymology
Ultimately from the name of Momus, god of mirth, through Latin and Old French.
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