Definitions for maumets

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maumets mau·met

Spelling: [maw-mit]

IPA: /ˈmɔ mɪt/

Maumets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in maumets (aemmstu).

Definitions for maumets

noun

1. British Dialect. a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being. an empty-headed or mindless person.
2. Obsolete. an idol; a false god.

Origin of maumets

1175-1225; Middle English Old French mahommet idol, special use of Mahommet Mohammed, whose image was thought to be an object of worship

Examples for maumets

Its earlier form is maumet, meaning "idol," and it is a contraction of Mahomet.