Momus
Americannoun
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Momuses,
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Momi
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Classical Mythology. Also Momos the god of ridicule.
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(sometimes lowercase) a faultfinder; a carping critic.
noun
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Greek myth the god of blame and mockery
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a cavilling critic
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Momus
< Latin Mōmus < Greek Mômos, special use of mômos blame, ridicule
Example Sentences
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Devotees of the Zeffirelli “Bohème” can rest assured that the staging of the Café Momus act, showing a Paris square bustling with some 250 revelers, remains untouched.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2019
“The Age of Information” by Momus: This whimsical pop song interrogates the entanglement of security and privacy.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2017
Variable fees are not the problem - perception is The singer-songwriter Momus coined the phrase “in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen people”.
From Forbes ● Nov. 25, 2011
The chorus in the Momus scene was deployed in blocks, with a few gratuitous dancers to give the impression of movement on a crowded stage.
From Washington Post
Not the dogmatic elf, Whose great all is himself, Whose alone ipse dixit is law: What a figure he’ll make, How like Momus he’ll speak With sneering burlesque, a pshaw! pshaw!
From Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous
Among them are Kuljeet Singh Momi - the majority shareholder in Panjab Warriors and therefore the club - and Ropinder Singh, who says he will become the club's CEO.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Of the many new restaurants opening in and around the Hamptons this summer, three stand out and intend to become part of the landscape year-round: Wölffer Kitchen, Momi Ramen and Circo.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2015
That, according to Philps, has been a hard pill to swallow for chiefs at Momi who have got rich off Cloudbreak.
From Time ● Aug. 28, 2013
The forwards Hilaire Momi of Cameroonian champions Coton Sport Garoua and Charly Dopekoulouyen of Raja Casablanca are perhaps the team's best known players.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2011
We settled there for several days, not being able to go nearer Ras Momi for reasons connected with water.
From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent
I would have called them Momuses, but Momus carps at nothing but what he has first carefully inspected.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
The Momuses on either side of him had each another instrument peculiar to the Father of Waters, which may be likened to a stringed weather-glass held upside down.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
In this country town the Mississippi Momuses, nine in number, were announced to appear in the town-hall, for the general delectation, this last Christmas week.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
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