Definitions for magots

magots ma·got

Spelling: [ma-goh, mah-, mag-uh t]
IPA: /mæˈgoʊ, mɑ-, ˈmæg ət/

Magots is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in magots (agmost).

Definitions for magots

noun

  1. Barbary ape.
  2. a small, grotesque Japanese or Chinese carved figure.

Origin of magots

1600-10; French, Middle French, alteration of Magog, a people seduced by Satan in Rev. 20:8 (cf. Magog); used figuratively in non-Christian medieval legends, and pro

Examples for magots

But it is not generally known that, on European ground, the magot is not confined solely to the Gibraltar Rock.

The magot, which is a very common animal in Upper Egypt, as well as in Barbary, was known to the ancients.

Now, through Watteau, the magot makes its entrance into French art.

The magot has no tail, though he has a small portion of skin, which has some appearance of one.

The magot is sometimes known as the Barbary ape, although of course it is not really an ape at all.

Ernest C.—The magot is a little tailless monkey not much larger than a cat.

“magot, my child, we may not stay justice,” said the distressed tones of her father.

I wonder at thee, magot, and have done so many times,—thou hast such a strange power of winning folks to thy will.

The orang-outang, and the gibbon, are very different from the pithecos and the magot.

Word Value for magots
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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