English
Etymology
From late Latin mammothreptus, from Greek μαμμοθ�ε��ο� �brought up by one�s grandmother�, from μαμμη �grandmother� + θ�ε��ο� verbal adjective from ��ε�ειν �to bring up�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'mæm�θɹ�pt/
Noun
en-noun
- a spoilt child
#:*1970: �And having seen the parents I am impatient to see this youth, the fruit of their strangely unattractive loins: will he be a wretched mammothrept?� � :w:Patrick O'Brian|Patrick O'Brian, Master & Commander
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