mome
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- noun
- /məʊm/
- Offensive
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necio
- mome raths
Examples
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"Don't step on the mome raths."
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And the mome raths outgrabe
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And the mome raths outgrabe
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And the mome raths outgrabe
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"...the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.
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The mome raths?
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"All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe"
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He acted like a complete mome when he forgot the meeting.
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People often called him a mome for his silly mistakes in school.
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It's hard to believe he was such a mome when he first started working.
Synonyms
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A person who is not very smart and trusts people easily
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A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
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A person who is silly and not very clever
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An old word for a foolish or silly person
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
A person who is simple and easily fooled
Not smart and slow to understand
A person who is not very smart
A person who behaves in a silly way
A person who behaves in a silly way
A foolish or awkward person
A foolish person who does silly things
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mome is an old-fashioned word for a fool and it likely comes from the French môme meaning 'child' or 'kid'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone 'child-like' and easily tricked, which is why a mome means a simple or silly person.