massymore

M3A1S1S1Y4M3O1R1E1
/ˈmæ.sɪ.mɔː/

noun

The dungeon of a castle.

OriginSpanish mazmorra →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounmassymore (plural massymores)

plural massymores

  1. ScotlandarchaicThe dungeon of a castle.

    “Seize her and drag her to the Massymore!—To the deepest dungeon with the sorceress, whose master, the Devil, could alone have inspired her with boldness enough to insult the mother of Douglas in his own castle.”

    1820, [Walter Scott], chapter V², in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 177

Origin

  1. Spanishmazmorra“dungeon”
  2. Englishmassymore

Probably from Spanish mazmorra (“dungeon”) (Portuguese masmorra). Doublet of mattamore.

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APA

massymore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massymore

MLA

“massymore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massymore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “massymore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massymore.

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