moll
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).
Alternative forms
- mole (Australian, girlfriend of surfie or bikie)
Pronunciation
Noun
moll (plural molls)
- A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
- Template:RQ:RnhrtHpwd Bat
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He […] played a lone hand, […]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
- Template:RQ:RnhrtHpwd Bat
- A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a bikie.
- 1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, p.209:
- The bikies ‘molls’ included Susan Lloyd as Tart; Victoria Anoux as Flossie; and Rosalind Talamini as Sunshine.
- 1995, Debra Adelaide, The Hotel Albatross, p.76:
- ‘Oh God!’ groans Julie who once was a bikie moll back in the early seventies. ‘Hope it′s no one I know.’ But the Machismos turn out to be based on a New Zealand gang, which assembled in Australia after her time.
- 2009, Albert Moran, Errol Vieth, The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, p.142:
- Gilling first appeared as the biker′s moll Vanessa in Stone (1974) and the beautiful, evil cabin attendant in Number 96 (1974).
- 1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, p.209:
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.
Usage notes
(girlfriend of a surfie or bikie): Because Australian pronunciation merges the /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ phonemes before /l/ (both become [oʊl]), this word is very commonly spelt mole in Australia, probably by contamination with mole (“sneaky person”). Indeed, the Australian Oxford dictionary does not list the Australian meaning of the term under the headword moll, but only under mole, although it does recognise that mole in this sense is “probably” a mere “variant of moll”.
Synonyms
- (surfie's girlfriend): chick
Etymology 2
German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft, tender, elegiac”). Compare molle (“flat (in music)”).
Adjective
moll (not comparable)
Translations
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “moll”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: 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 mòl), from Latin mollis, mollem (compare French mou, Spanish muelle), from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).
Adjective
moll (feminine molla, masculine plural molls, feminine plural molles)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: 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)., from Vulgar Latin *medullum (compare Occitan mesolh, Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Italian midollo), from Latin medulla[1], and probably influenced by Etymology 1. Doublet of the borrowing medul·la.
Noun
moll m (uncountable)
- marrow, as in bone marrow
- the soft part of a fruit
Etymology 3
From Latin mullus (“red mullet”).
Noun
moll m (plural molls)
- several species of fish
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Etymology 4
Noun
moll m (plural molls)
Further reading
- “moll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
References
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
moll (not comparable)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | moll | mollok |
accusative | mollt | mollokat |
dative | mollnak | molloknak |
instrumental | mollal | mollokkal |
causal-final | mollért | mollokért |
translative | mollá | mollokká |
terminative | mollig | mollokig |
essive-formal | mollként | mollokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mollban | mollokban |
superessive | mollon | mollokon |
adessive | mollnál | molloknál |
illative | mollba | mollokba |
sublative | mollra | mollokra |
allative | mollhoz | mollokhoz |
elative | mollból | mollokból |
delative | mollról | mollokról |
ablative | molltól | molloktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mollé | molloké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
molléi | mollokéi |
Noun
moll (plural mollok)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | moll | mollok |
accusative | mollt | mollokat |
dative | mollnak | molloknak |
instrumental | mollal | mollokkal |
causal-final | mollért | mollokért |
translative | mollá | mollokká |
terminative | mollig | mollokig |
essive-formal | mollként | mollokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mollban | mollokban |
superessive | mollon | mollokon |
adessive | mollnál | molloknál |
illative | mollba | mollokba |
sublative | mollra | mollokra |
allative | mollhoz | mollokhoz |
elative | mollból | mollokból |
delative | mollról | mollokról |
ablative | molltól | molloktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mollé | molloké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
molléi | mollokéi |
Possessive forms of moll | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mollom | molljaim |
2nd person sing. | mollod | molljaid |
3rd person sing. | mollja | molljai |
1st person plural | mollunk | molljaink |
2nd person plural | mollotok | molljaitok |
3rd person plural | molljuk | molljaik |
References
- ^ moll in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- moll in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Latin mollis (“soft, mild”).
Pronunciation
Noun
moll m (genitive singular molls, nominative plural mollar)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish moil (“a mass, heap, pile”), mul m (“a globular mass, heap, lump”).
Noun
moll m (genitive singular moill, nominative plural mollta)
- heap; large amount, large number
Declension
- Alternative plurals: molltra, molltracha
Derived terms
- moll bréag (“pack of lies”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
moll | mholl | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “moll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Manx
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
moll (past voll, future independent mollee, verbal noun molley, past participle mollit)
- fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick
- Mollee y molteyr oo my oddys eh. ― The deceiver will deceive you if he can.
- disappoint
- V'eh mollit nagh daink ee. ― He was disappointed that she did not come.
- impose
- be mistaken
- Ayns shen t'ou mollit. ― That is where you are mistaken.
Derived terms
- molteyr (“deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish moil (“a mass, heap, pile”), mul m (“a globular mass, heap, lump”).
Noun
moll m (genitive singular moll)
Mutation
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Moll, from Latin mollis.
Pronunciation
Noun
moll m (definite singular mollen, uncountable)
Antonyms
References
- “moll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
moll (indeclinable)
Derived terms
References
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