mau-so-le-um (mo' se le' em), n. 1. a stately and magnificent tomb. 2. (cap) a magnificent tomb erected at Hallicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350 BC for Mausolus, king of Caria.
mauve (mov), n. 1. pale bluish purple. 2. a purple dye obtained from aniline, the first of the coal tar dyes (discovered in 1856)
Bill Tennison, the Maverick mav-er-ick (mav' er ik), n. a person who refuses to conform and acts independently. an unbranded animal on the range, esp. a motherless calf [after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-70), a Texas owner of unbranded cattle]
maw (mo), n. 1. the mouth, throat or gullet as concerned in devouring (now chiefly of animals or in figurative use). 2. the crop or craw of a fowl. 3. the stomach.
mawk-ish (mo' kish), adj. 1. sickish or slightly nauseating. 2. characterized by sickly sentimentality.
How appropriate that the dictionary used Bill Tennison's picture to illustrate this word!



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