an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
1615–25; < New Latin; Latin mōns mountain, hill; see mount 2
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Although many of the characters, including the physicians, in “Man’s 4th Best Hospital” are women, and, although Bergman has gotten beyond the trope of nurse as dumb mons, his depiction of gender is still old-fashioned.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2019
The mountain ranges and individual mountains are labeled with their Latin names, "montes" for mountain ranges and "mons" for individual mountains.
From Scientific American • May 17, 2013
He then assured Com mons, while Brown sat in a sullen, cross-armed slouch, that he had backing "as a whole" against the arms sales.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in the House of Com mons, the reaction to Wilson is generally one of uneasy suspicion, and he is frequently accused of being "slippery."
From Time Magazine Archive
Un petit rouge livere, en le quel sount contenuz mons diverses choses.
From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner
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