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prettygoodword) wrote2018-08-01 07:59 am
prettygoodword) wrote2018-08-01 07:59 am
mundungus
mundungus (muhn-DUHN-guhs) - n., (obs.) offal, waste animal product; (arch.) poor-quality, foul-smelling tobacco.
The latter sense is pretty much obs. outside of historical novels, but the former is decidedly not used any more -- though thanks to Mundungus Fletcher, who was indeed deliberately named, maybe it'll make something of a comeback. The word dates to 1641, taken from Spanish mondongo, tripe/entrails, of uncertain but possibly Arabic origin.
---L.
The latter sense is pretty much obs. outside of historical novels, but the former is decidedly not used any more -- though thanks to Mundungus Fletcher, who was indeed deliberately named, maybe it'll make something of a comeback. The word dates to 1641, taken from Spanish mondongo, tripe/entrails, of uncertain but possibly Arabic origin.
---L.