mammothrept

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UK/ˈmaməθɹɛpt/

noun

A spoiled child.

OriginLate Latin mammothreptus ← Koine Greek μαμμόθρεπτος ← Ancient Greek μάμμη →
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Meanings

nounmammothrept (plural mammothrepts)

plural mammothrepts

  1. archaicA spoiled child.

    O, you are a meere mammothrept in judgement, then. Why, doe you not obserue how excellently the dittie is affected in euerie place?

    1601, Ben Jonson, Fountaine of Selfe-love, act IV scene 3
    2 more examples

    She concludes, "you better apologize." The day I apologize to you, you contumacious mammothrept, there will be two moons in the sky.

    1947, Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks

    ‘And having seen the parents I am impatient to see this youth, the fruit of their strangely unattractive loins: will he be a wretched mammothrept?’

    1970, Patrick O'Brian, Master & Commander

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμάμμη“grandmother”
  2. Koine Greekμαμμόθρεπτος“brought up by one’s grandmother”
  3. Late Latinmammothreptus“kept at the breast too long”
  4. Englishmammothrept

From Late Latin mammothreptus (“kept at the breast too long”), from Koine Greek μαμμόθρεπτος (mammóthreptos, “brought up by one’s grandmother”), from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “grandmother”) + θρεπτός (threptós) verbal adjective from τρέφω (tréphō, “to bring up”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 寵壞的孩子 /宠坏的孩子
  • 寵壞的孩子 /宠坏的孩子 (chǒnghuài de háizi)spoiled child
Czech rozmazlenec
  • rozmazlenecspoiled child
Dutch verwend nest
  • verwend nestspoiled child
Finnish lellivauva, lellikki
  • lellivauvaspoiled child
  • lellikkispoiled child
French enfant gâté
  • enfant gâtéspoiled child
German Muttersöhnchen, Schoßkind
  • Muttersöhnchenspoiled child
  • Schoßkindspoiled child
Portuguese mimado
  • mimadospoiled child
Russian избало́ванный ребёнок
  • избало́ванный ребёнок (izbalóvannyj rebjónok)spoiled child
Spanish mocoso
  • mocosospoiled child
Vietnamese trẻ hư
  • trẻ hưspoiled child
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Chicago

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