Mull
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Mull
- An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
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Etymology 2 edit
From mulligatawny.
Noun edit
Mull (plural Mulls)
- (Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
- 1837, Asiatic Journal, page 251:
- The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.
- 1844, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 8, page 394:
- […] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […]
- 1852, Notes and Queries (1st ser. v. 165)
- [R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Mull”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Byform of Müll (“waste, rubbish”, older also “earth, dust”), which see. Related with English mould (“loose earth”), but not directly cognate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, no plural)
- (chiefly Northern Germany) mould, loose earth
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Etymology 2 edit
From Low German Mull, from Middle Low German mul, mol. Cognate with Dutch mol, English mole. Related with German Molch (“salamander”).
Pronunciation edit
- Like etymology 1 above.
Noun edit
Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural Mulle)
- (dialectal) Synonym of Maulwurf (“mole”)
- (biology, in compounds) one of various mammals that dig subterranean burrows
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Etymology 3 edit
From English mull, shortened from mulmul, from Hindi मलमल (malmal).
Pronunciation edit
- Like etymology 1 above.
Noun edit
Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural (rare) Mulle)
- gauze (very thin fabric, generally used for medical purposes)
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Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mull n (proper noun, genitive Mulls or (optionally with an article) Mull)
- Mull (an island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland)
Further reading edit
Limburgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *mūlō.
Noun edit
Mull f (plural Mulle, diminutive Mülltje) (Eupen)
- mouth of an animal
- (possibly derogatory) mouth of a person
- kiss
Etymology 2 edit
From a clipping of Mullber, from Proto-West Germanic *mōrubaʀi (“mulberry”).
Noun edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From French moûle, from Latin musculus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Mull f (plural Mullen)