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prettygoodword) wrote2007-01-31 07:23 am
prettygoodword) wrote2007-01-31 07:23 am
monger
monger - n., a dealer in a specific commodity; a person promoting something undesirable or disreputable.
Usually used in combination: fishmonger, scandalmonger. From Old English mangere, from Latin mango, dealer or trader, from a noun derivative of Greek manganon, charm, means of enchantment. The PIE root is *mang-, to embellish, dress, trim. Wicked.
---L.
Usually used in combination: fishmonger, scandalmonger. From Old English mangere, from Latin mango, dealer or trader, from a noun derivative of Greek manganon, charm, means of enchantment. The PIE root is *mang-, to embellish, dress, trim. Wicked.
---L.