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Momus
is always a great word to know.
So is aegis. Does it mean:
| the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry; one of the Graces |
| the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon |
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momus
"humorously disagreeable person," 1563, from L., from Gk. Momos, god of ridicule (Gk. momos); also used in Eng. as personification of fault-finding and captious criticism.
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