mony

[ mon-ee ]
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adjective, nounScot. and North England.

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Other definitions for -mony (2 of 2)

-mony

  1. a suffix found on abstract nouns borrowed from Latin, usually denoting a status, role, or function (matrimony; testimony), or a personal quality or kind of behavior (acrimony; sanctimony).

Origin of -mony

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From Latin -mōnium (neuter), -mōnia (feminine), presumably originally derivatives with -ium, -ia of -mōn-, an adjective or noun suffix, cognate with Greek -mōn; see origin at -ium, -ia; see hegemony); cf. alimony

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How to use mony in a sentence

  • Tis the first mony aduocate ere gaue backe,Though hee sayd nothing.

    The Fatal Dowry | Philip Massinger
  • I kent it was gaun on a' the time; but like mony mair I hae kent, a manager's favor was mair to me than the honor o' a wife.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • My master was diffrent; and being a more fashnable man than Mr. B., in course he owed a deal more mony.

    Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • mony's the time I hae ettled to send ye a screed, but there was aye something that cam' i' the gait.

  • It wisna that I couldna be fashed, for aften hae I thocht o' ye and my hairt has been wi' ye mony's the day.

British Dictionary definitions for mony

mony

/ (ˈmɒnɪ) /


determiner
  1. a Scottish word for many

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