jument

Borrowed from French jument.

jument (plural juments)

1. (obsolete) An animal, especially a beast of burden.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

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     That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat.

From Old French jument, from Latin iūmentum (“baggage animal”), jūmentum.

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.mɑ̃/

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jument f (plural juments)

1. mare (female horse)

• cavale

• “jument” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin iūmentum (“baggage animal”), jūmentum.

jument f (oblique plural jumenz or jumentz, nominative singular jument, nominative plural jumenz or jumentz)

1. mare (female horse)

• French: jument