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Definition of Mammet
1. n. An idol; a puppet; a doll.
Definition of Mammet
1. Noun. (obsolete) A false god; an idol. (defdate 13th-17th c.) ¹
2. Noun. A doll or puppet; a lifeless figure, an effigy, a scarecrow. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mammet
1. maumet [n -S] - See also: maumet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammet
Literary usage of Mammet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1866)
"Explain these words:—rout, mob, miscreant, (ok mammet, humanity, lumber, trivial,
stipulation, dorm, 5. In what sense arc names said to outlive things: ..."
2. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1904)
"Arber)' At the same time mammet, a puppet or doll, would be likely as an independent
formation from the infantile utterance ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"Derivation of “mammet.”—The Rev. R. Chenevix Trench, in his book on the Study of
Word,, ... 79., gives the derivation of the old English word mammet from ..."
4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortunes tender,
... 'Slight I you arc a mammet tOI could louse you now. B. Jons. ..."
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