philomot

English

Etymology

See filemot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləmɒt/

Adjective

philomot (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of filemot
   • 1712 January 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, January 3, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 265; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     One of them was blue, another yellow, and another philomot

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “philomot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.