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maumetry

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mau⋅met

  [maw-mit]
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–noun
1. British Dialect.
a. a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being.
b. an empty-headed or mindless person.
2. Obsolete. an idol; a false god.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF mahommet idol, special use of Mahommet Mohammed, whose image was thought to be an object of worship

Related forms:
mau⋅met⋅ry, noun
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