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Definition: Momus |
MomusNoun1. God of blame and mockery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Momus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Etymology: Momus \Mo"mus\, noun. [Greek expression blame, ridicule, Momus.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Momus One who carps at everything. Momus, the sleepy god, was always railing and carping. Momus, being asked to pass judgment on the relative merits of Neptune, Vulcan, and Minerva, railed at them all. He said the horns of a bull ought to have been placed in the shoulders, where they would have been of much greater force; as for man, he said Jupiter ought to have made him with a window in his breast, whereby his real thoughts might be revealed. Hence Dr. Gray says that every unreasonable carper is called a "Momus." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Inspired by the god, Momus is the name of a New Orleans Carnival Krewe.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Momus."
Synonym: MomusSynonym: Momos (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rejoicing | Momus; Democritus the Abderite; rollicker. |
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Crosswords: Momus |
| Specialty definitions using "Momus": Momus's Lattice. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Momus": Mome. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
momus | 42 |
momus lyrics | 2 |
gallery momus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Momus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | kusur bulma tanrısı, kusur bulan kimse. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "Momus": momuses. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "Momus" (pronounced 'Mo"mus'): Accismus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, humus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, Thymus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "m-m-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: moms, mums, sumo. | |
-2 letters: mom, mos, mum, mus, oms, som, sou, sum, umm. | |
-3 letters: mm, mo, mu, om, os, so, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-m-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: omasum, osmium, summon. | |
+2 letters: gummose, gummous, momuses, osmiums, summons. | |
+3 letters: abomasum, communes, commutes, gummoses, gummosis, holmiums, hummocks, lummoxes, modicums, mudrooms, muoniums, mushroom, omentums, opiumism, optimums, pomatums, pummelos, resummon, summoned, summoner, supermom. | |
+4 letters: ammoniums, chromiums, communise, communism, communist, commuters, dominiums, dummkopfs, emporiums, encomiums, flummoxes, gummatous, impostume, lomentums, mausoleum, meconiums, momentous, momentums, monuments, muckworms, murmurous, mushrooms, muskmelon, myomatous, ombudsman, ombudsmen, opiumisms, resummons, stomodeum, summation, summoners, summoning, summonsed, summonses, supermoms, sympodium, symposium. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6D 75 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -- ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101101 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o m u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006D 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781798785 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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