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• mony
  mony

  adjective

  many.
• -mony
  -mony

  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 ).

mony

¹ American  

[mon-ee] / ˈmɒn i /

adjective

Scot. and North England.

1. many.

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-mony ² American  

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 ).

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mony British  

/ ˈmɒnɪ /

determiner

1. a Scottish word for many

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Etymology

Origin of -mony

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 ( def. ), -ia; see hegemony); cf. alimony

Example Sentences

Settling in Har mony, Pennsylvania, his harsh, puritanical doctrines and iron discipline turned the religious zeal of his "spiritual communists" to good account.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last week's ground-breaking cere, mony there was some talk of peacetime research, the aspect of nuclear physics that interests scientists most.

From Time Magazine Archive

And mony a braw held you've uncurled Wi' fear and fright, As roond the hairpin bends you whirled, Like Hell gane gyte.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Tae mony kooks weel speel tha porridge an' splinterr tha spertle," sang Angus Daftie MacTourist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burt says its in case theirs a faleure Prof Nemur dont want everybody to laff espeshully the pepul from the Welberg foundashun who gave him the mony for the projekt.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes