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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmʌn.tə/
• 韻: -ʌntə(ɹ)

名詞

munter (plural munters)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person

   I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.

2. (Commonwealth, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

   He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.

派生語

関連する語

• muntered (“drunk”)
• munted (“drunk”)

語源 2

From Middle French montre.

別の表記

• monter, mounter, muntour, montour, mountour, muntoure, muntor, muntar

発音

• (without the foot-strut split, without approximant /r/) IPA: [ˈmʊn.tər]

名詞

munter (plural munters)

1. (obsolete, Scotland, pre-1700) A watch (portable timepiece).
   • 1831, Archaeologia Scotica: Or Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, page 80:

     […] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare.

   • 1841, John Jamieson, Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. Kab-Zic, page 141:

     […] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]