mamzer
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noun
Also momser, momza, momzer Also momser, momza, momzer
noun
A bastard; also in extended uses as a term of abuse or familiarity. (1562 —) .
W. Markfield That mass man, that totalitarian type, that momza (1964).
[From late Latin mamzēr, a Hebrew word (mamzēr) adopted by the Vulgate in Deuteronomy xxiii. 2 (where it appears with the gloss 'id est de scorto natus', that is, born of a prostitute), and hence frequently used in the Middle Ages.]
Also momser, momza, momzer Also momser, momza, momzer
noun
A bastard; also in extended uses as a term of abuse or familiarity. (1562 —) .
W. Markfield That mass man, that totalitarian type, that momza (1964).
[From late Latin mamzēr, a Hebrew word (mamzēr) adopted by the Vulgate in Deuteronomy xxiii. 2 (where it appears with the gloss 'id est de scorto natus', that is, born of a prostitute), and hence frequently used in the Middle Ages.]
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