mawmetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Anglo-Norman maumet, mauhoumet, mahumet; deriving from Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (maḥummad), ultimately derived from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Macomet and Mahown.

発音

• IPA: /mau̯ˈmɛːt/, /ˈmau̯mɛt/, /ˈmau̯mɛnt/

名詞

mawmet (plural mawmettes)

1. idol (representation of a pagan god)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon ·i· 5:21, page 115v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     mi litle ſones kepe ȝe ȝou fro mawmetis

     My little children, keep yourselves from idols.

関連する語

• mawmetrie

派生した語

• English: mammet
• Scots: maument (obsolete)

参照

• “maumet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.