Definitions
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- noun A protuberance of the human body, especially that formed by the pubic bones.
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- noun obsolete, palmistry One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a
mount . - noun The pubic mound or
mons pubis . In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis (Latin for "pubic mound"), also known as the mons veneris (Latin, mound of Venus) or simply the mons, is the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone of adult females, anterior to the pubic symphysis. The mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva. - noun astronomy, geology Used by
planetary geologists to refer tomountains orextinct volcanoes onplanets andmoons .
Etymologies
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The word mons which literally means an accumulation of wealth or money, now called capital, seems to have been a generic term used in the fifteenth century to signify lending-houses in general; and hence the montes pietatis or monti di pietà were a species of charitable lending-establishments not, perhaps, unlike our modern pawnbrokers 'establishments, but possessing, of course, none of the sinister features of the latter.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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It has been referred to as a 'horse' since the 11th-Century, primarily because ancient scripts from nearby Abingdon Abbey refer to 'mons albi equi' at Uffington - or the White Horse Hill.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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Y, as Vinny and I would say, "mons" her with all the monsness that is inside me.
hemopoetic Diary Entry hemopoetic 2002
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Every nuance of the de'mons 'plot would be immediately attainable.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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Vermont is an exception from the Latin words, vers mons, meaning verdure or green, and mount, meaning mountain, hence the name of the State Vermont, or green mountain, the State of New York, so called from the Duke of York, and called New York to distinguish it from old York.
A Thrilling Sketch of the Life of the Distinguished Chief Okah Tubbee Alias, Wm. Chubbee, Son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians Lewis Leonidas 1848
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Wow, you're right, could be Tokyo "mons" with curtains ... homesick: - (
The Gates #1 2005
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My son was 3 mons when his daddy left the first time and we just did videos and pictures.
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The way I see it, hew-mons used to be a lot like Ferengi: greedy, acquisitive, interested only in profit.
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With knowledge of these moduli fields, and their quanta of excitation, the angelons and de-mons, it will be possible for the Dawkinati to open up the 6 hidden dimensions temporarily, allowing the Christ to collide with the AntiChrist!
Archive 2009-05-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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He put it in his little mouth, the black triangle of a mons pubis.
Dream Eater Paul McQuade 2010
she commented on the word mons
Fun fact! Before it meant what it does today, mons Veneris was used in Palmistry to mean the ball of the thumb (and mons to refer to that, or the corresponding part of the palm beneath a finger), giving us also:
mons Jovis: the base of the forefinger,
mons Mercurii: the base of the pinky finger,
mons Saturni: the base of the middle finger, and
mons Solis: the base of the ring finger.
September 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word mons
By Jove, I think she's got it.
September 5, 2008