momist

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/ˈməʊmɪst/

noun

A persistent critic

OriginAncient Greek Μῶμος →
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Meanings

nounmomist (plural momists)

plural momists

  1. rareA persistent critic

    […] the detracting speeches of barking Momists […]

    1871, Samuel Egerton Brydges, The times' whistle
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    […] if any Momist, who neuer doth any thing himselfe, but curiously behold the doings of others, carpe at these my paines, […]

    1819, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Edward Davies, The life of Bartolomé E. Murillo

    Bernice resembles the man-hating mothers excoriated by Strecker and Lathbury in their momist diatribe about the nation's moral decline, Their Mothers' Daughters.

    2011, Robert J. Corber, Cold War Femme: Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood Cinema, page 84

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΜῶμος“the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets”
  2. Englishmomist

From Ancient Greek Μῶμος (Mômos, “the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets”) + -ist.

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