Mosette
//məʊˈzɛt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete form of mozzetta. alt-of, obsolete, rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French mosette, from Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown) + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of mozetta.
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