mome
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mome
First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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WAS brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
From The Best Nonsense Verses by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
So long as strength remaineth in this arm: And pluck up thy heart, thou faint-hearted mome: As long as I live thou shalt take no harm.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
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 Belle Moses
Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
Ay, such a mime is man when he is a mome, that he even smiled as he felt his pulse,—how cool was his blood, how regular the vibrations!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
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