Mon
[mɔn]
Definition
(noun.) the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon.
(noun.) a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand.
Typist: Thaddeus--From WordNet
Examples
- Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a d?mon, whose delight is in death and wretchedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I--must introduce you to 'mon mari. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I hesitated; of the formula of confession I was ignorant: instead of commencing, then, with the prelude usual, I said:--Mon père, je suis Protestante. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Je suis sa reinemais il n'est pas mon roi. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Of course, 'mon oncle' soon gave inindeed, where was the use of making a fuss? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That the small size of the egg is a real case of adaptation we may infer from the fact of the mon-parasitic American cuckoo laying full-sized eggs. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Better declare at once 'Paul Carl Emanuel--je te déteste, mon gar?on! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was proceeding in a very summary way to practical love-making---- _Attendez, un instant, mon ange! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- J'aime mon beau Colonel, she went on: je n'aimerai jamais son rival. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mon amie, said he, none knows what I have done save you and myself: the pleasure is consecrated to us two, unshared and unprofaned. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Les penseurs, les hommes profonds et passionnés ne sont pas à mon go?t. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Dites, donc, mon cher, en parlant du bas_, who do you make love to now? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- MON DIEU, said the wagerer at length, I can endure it no longer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Let me hear you say, in the voice natural to you, and not in that alien tone, 'Mon ami, je vous pardonne. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If I returned, it was to be sacrificed, or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a d?mon whom I had myself created. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The oldest example still in existence is Mons Meg, preserved at Edinburgh Castle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A late celebrated historian [Mons. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Never mind Mons and Leuze and the Flemish chaussées; do at Rome as the Romans do. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typed by Aileen