mut1
[muht]
- mutt.
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mut2
[muht]
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Origin of mut2
by shortening
mutt
or mut
[muht]
- a dog, especially a mongrel.
- a stupid or foolish person; simpleton.
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Origin of mutt
mut.
- mutilated.
- mutual.
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Contemporary Examples
For Selman, Mut'ah is simply "a permission from God to have sexual relations."
Like permanent marriages in Islam, Mut'ah marriages are only allowed with other Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
He says Mut'ah leads to abandonment of pregnant women, unwanted babies, and destroys the purpose and sanctity of marriage.
Historical Examples
If ever he teases you I'll mut'ny, and never help him to rig a boat agen.
The Little SkipperGeorge Manville Fenn
To his right was the statue of Mut, the Mother of all things.
Moon of IsraelH. Rider Haggard
Lydgate has: 'And also clos and mut as a stone;' Siege of Thebes, pt.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)Geoffrey Chaucer
The great female counterpart of Amen-Ra was Mut, the 'world-mother.'
Myths and Legends of Ancient EgyptLewis Spence
Hence she is identified with Mut, the mother-goddess of Thebes.
mut
- printing another word for em (def. 1)
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Word Origin
C20: shortened from mutton
mutt
- an inept, ignorant, or stupid person
- a mongrel dog; cur
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Word Origin
C20: shortened from muttonhead
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Word Origin and History for mut
mutt
n.
1901, "stupid or foolish person," American English, probably a shortening of muttonhead (1803); meaning "a dog," especially "a mongrel" is from 1904, originally simply a term of contempt, but perhaps this is a separate word of unknown derivation.
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