mammet
/ˈmamɪt/Now chiefly archaic and regional
noun
1An image, a dressed-up figure; a doll, a puppet.
2A contemptible or hateful person; a weakling, a physically or mentally feeble person. Now chiefly English regional.
Origin
Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman maumet, reduced form of mauhoumet, Old French mahomet, mahommet idol, a use of Mahomet Mahomet, resulting from the common medieval Christian belief that the prophet Muhammad was worshipped as a god.
- playtest
- playtesting
- play-the-ball
- play the devil with
- play the field
- play the game
- play the giddy goat
- play the market
- play the percentages (or the percentage game)
- play therapist
- play therapy
- plaything
- playtime
- play to the gallery
- play truant
- play up
- play up to
- playway
- play-white
- play with fire
- play with oneself
- playwork
- playworker
- play world
- playwright