mammothrept

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  1. A child brought up by its grandmother; hence, a spoiled child; a delicate nursling. [Rare.] And for we are the Mammothrepts of Sinne, Crosse vs with Christ to weane our joys therein. Davies, Holy Roode, p. 15. (Davies.) O, you are a mere mammothrept in judgment. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1.

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  1. from Late Latin mammothreptus, from Greek μαμμόθρεπτος, brought up by one's grandmother, from μάμμα, a grandmother (see mama), + θρεπτός, verbal adjective of τρέφειν, nourish, bring up.
 

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