Momus

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By the uncertain glimmer of torches and the flickering glow of the fire he was engaged in tracing a resemblance to himself in the central figure of the composition wrought in threads of silk--Momus, fool by patent to Jove, thrust from Olympus and greeting the earth-born with a great grin An excellent likeness!"

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  1. noun Greek Mythology The god of blame and ridicule.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek Μῶμος, a personification of μῶμος, blame, ridicule.
 

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/ˈmoʊməs/
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