molosse

English

Noun

molosse (plural molosses)

1. Alternative form of molossus

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “molosse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• osmoles

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin molossus (in molossus canis), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μολοσσός (Molossós, “of Molossus (an area known for its guard-dogs)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.lɔs/

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Noun

molosse m (plural molosses)

1. (literary or humorous) huge dog, great hound

Further reading

• “molosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.