momist

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μῶμος (Mômos, “the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets”) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməʊmɪst/

Noun

momist (plural momists)

1. (rare) A persistent critic
   • 1819, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Edward Davies, The life of Bartolomé E. Murillo

     […] if any Momist, who neuer doth any thing himselfe, but curiously behold the doings of others, carpe at these my paines, […]

   • 1871, Samuel Egerton Brydges, The times' whistle

     […] the detracting speeches of barking Momists […]

   • 2011, Robert J. Corber, Cold War Femme: Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood Cinema (page 84)

     Bernice resembles the man-hating mothers excoriated by Strecker and Lathbury in their momist diatribe about the nation's moral decline, Their Mothers' Daughters.

Anagrams

• Tommis, sommit