Momus
noun
Also Momos the god of ridicule.
Momuses
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pluralof Momus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
