Meanings
plural juments
- obsoleteAn animal, especially a beast of burden.
That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLCSynonyms: aver
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn animal, especially a beast of burden.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latiniūmentum
- Anglo-Normanjument
- Middle Englishjument
- Englishjument
From Middle English jument, from Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.
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jument. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jument
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