mome

American  

[mohm] / moʊm /

noun

Archaic.

1. a fool; blockhead.

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Etymology

Origin of mome

First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Well, rath is a sort of green pig; but mome I’m not certain about.

From Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life by Moses, Belle

But if I were a wise woman, as I am a mome, I should make myself, as good cheer at home.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew

Goe say, that I bid him keepe him warme at home For if he come abroade, he shall cough me a mome.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward

This sounded very hopeful, so Alice repeated the first verse: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

From Through the Looking-Glass by Carroll, Lewis

It was none but Roister Doister that foolishe mome.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward