A diminutivelambdacism ofMary. CompareSally fromSarah andHal fromHarry.
Moll
- (archaic)A pet name forMary.
1722 (indicated as1721), [Daniel Defoe],The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published1722,→OCLC,page262:Theſe vvere they that gave me that Name ofMoll Flanders: For it vvas no more of Affinity vvith my real Name, or vvith any of the Names I had ever gone by than black, is of Kin to vvhite,[…]
- (possibly older usage)Alternative form ofMol,Belgium
Borrowed fromLatinmollis.
Moll n (strong,genitiveMoll,no plural)
- (music)minor
- Antonym:Dur
Declension ofMoll [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Moll m (strong,genitiveMollesorMolls,pluralMolleorMolls))
- cottonmolton
- Synonyms:Molton,Baumwollmolton
Declension ofMoll [masculine, strong]
Moll m orf (proper noun,surname,masculine genitiveMollsor(with an article)Moll,feminine genitiveMoll,pluralMolls)
- asurname
A diminutivelambdacism ofMaree.
Moll
- a femalegiven name
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, line15:Zyin "Thaar gows Peg anMoll an Kaat- Saying "There goes Peg andMoll and Kate,
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[1], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page131
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