nammus

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A form of namous — To run away; to leave; to depart.

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Meanings

verbnammus (third-person singular simple present nammuses, present participle nammusing, simple past and past participle nammused)

present singular third person nammuses · participle present nammusing · participle past nammused · past nammused

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of namous.

    None of us know'd then—though the grabbing at Nan Turner's came off that very night—as Polly was the cause o' that 'ere, till it vos blown here at the Gate by some of the coves. Vell, she nammused, as you may guess, but fust poor old Madge Rhodes got a chive in her breather from Black Gil.

    1841, Henry Downes Miles, chapter XXXIX, in Dick Turpin, 4th edition, London: William Mark Clark, published 1845, page 267
interjectionnammus!
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of namous.
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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