mome

American  

[mohm] / moʊm /

noun

Archaic.

1. a fool; blockhead.

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Etymology

Origin of mome

First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

But if I were a wise woman, as I am a mome, I should make myself, as good cheer at home.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew

I come to you from an honest mome.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward

This sounded very hopeful, so Alice repeated the first verse: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

From Through the Looking-Glass by Carroll, Lewis

Suddenly she laughed crazily: "'Twas brillig, and the slythy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe!"

From The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert by Morrow, Honoré

Ay, such a mime is man when he is a mome, that he even smiled as he felt his pulse,—how cool was his blood, how regular the vibrations!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander