Mammothrept

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mammothrept \mam"mo*thrept\ (m[a^]m"m[-o]*thr[e^]pt), n. [Gr.
     mammo`qreptos; ma`mma grandmother + tre`pein to nourish.]
     A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. [R.]
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           O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. --B. Jonson.


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