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Mone

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of Mon (“language”). alt-of, archaic
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Mind; preference. obsolete

    "A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of moan. alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    Archaic form of Mon (“a people of Myanmar and Thailand”). alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-only
  4. 4
    Obsolete spelling of moon. alt-of, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To admonish; advise; explain. transitive
  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of moan. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (“to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *manōną (“to admonish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania (“to admonish”), Dutch manen (“to admonish”), German mahnen (“to remind, admonish, urge”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (“to admonish”)) of *mine (“mind”), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (“to remember”). More at mind.

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings.

Etymology 4

Alternative spellings.

Etymology 5

From the Irish surname, spelling variant of Mohan.

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