Friday word: Mammothrept
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1word1dayMammothrept, n.
obsolete: a spoiled child
Origin and etymology:
Greek mammothreptos child brought up by his grandmother, from mammē mother, grandmother + -o- + threptos, verbal of trephein to bring up, nourish
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obsolete: a spoiled child
Origin and etymology:
Greek mammothreptos child brought up by his grandmother, from mammē mother, grandmother + -o- + threptos, verbal of trephein to bring up, nourish
(thanks to
spikesgirl58 for the word!)
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