momist
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μῶμος (Mômos, “the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets”) + -ist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈməʊmɪst/
Noun
momist (plural momists)
- (rare) A persistent critic
- 1819, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Edward Davies, The life of Bartolomé E. Murillo
- […] if any Momist, who neuer doth any thing himselfe, but curiously behold the doings of others, carpe at these my paines, […]
- 1871, Samuel Egerton Brydges, The times' whistle
- […] the detracting speeches of barking Momists […]
- 2011, Robert J. Corber, Cold War Femme: Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood Cinema (page 84)
- Bernice resembles the man-hating mothers excoriated by Strecker and Lathbury in their momist diatribe about the nation's moral decline, Their Mothers' Daughters.
- 1819, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Edward Davies, The life of Bartolomé E. Murillo
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