moble

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English

Etymology

Frequentative mob +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To muffle or wrap someone's head or face (normally with up).
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:
      She was all mobled up at the window, her tawniness flat and dull in this snowlight, and I felt pity.

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Catalan

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Etymology

From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca). (compare Occitan mòble), inherited from Latin mobilis (compare French meuble, Spanish mueble). Doublet of mòbil, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

moble m (plural mobles)

  1. piece of furniture
  2. (heraldry) charge

Derived terms

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