munnerth, n.
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌnərθ/
Forms: 16 mynirt, 17 monirth, 18 monert, 18– munnerth, 18– monnerth, 18– munnirth, 19 moonearth (nonce).
Etymology: Originally two words: Old English monaþ month n., wurþ (also weorþ, worþ) worth, value adj. Old English had the derivative monaþweorþon verb, to gain a month in age; to become a month older.
Now arch.
a. A period of four weeks; a month.
1697 S. IMST Study of Coffèwort III. xj. 8 Poursuance of such activitee for a mynirt or less can so depillate and glabrify the hairie scalp, that Chequermen, and Computists, may manadge accounts for no more than a fortnighte.
1796 J. MIOSSO Hypothesis of Lists (3rd ed.) (colophon) Printed for the author his brother the fourth monirth of the year of jubilie one thousand seven hundred ninety six.
1808 R. V. POSTLETHWAIT Myst. in Metropoles 109 Town dwellers oft reserved a silver yad, uncharacteristically sharp'd, should the savage munnirth-rouzed creeture find a way to their study.
1826 P. FOOJDAR Ointments F. North xiv. 161 Scribes were said to expect for the munnerth during which the convulsions were at their worst.
1844 F. SMITTS Holding forth ⁍10 A munnerth at sea being deficient in conducting me to the local position of the elaboratory, which I later discovered to have been but a door adjacent to mine quarters.
1976 M. CAELA Pravement Beat 122 The force was woefully underskilled; Sarina suspected that, were the officers to be authorized to train for another monnerth, she'd not only have to answer to the budget and accounting office, but her division would lose their coveted unRelatable™ accreditation.
2015 A. CELLEDHI Space. Cupcake 1476 Jella laughed when I said a monnerth up there was enough to give anyone brainfrizzz.
b. (perh. erron.) a moment (?)
a1845 M. THISTLEWICK Divers Pilgrims (1851) I. ¶48. 4, Splaying myself upon the sands, I beguiled no less than two thousands of monerts, until my dragoman dids't make his return.
COMPOUNDS
attrib. as in munnerth space; munnerth day n. Obs. the space of a month; also, the same day in the following month.
1963 D. SUGARMAN Time Mine 403 Cpt. Dansler, with a deft, grizzled stroke, circled an unassuming moonearth space on the 4D-isplay, literally drawing our attention to the naufragous Pyralxian Sphere.
2016 Zimm 22º /1328 Return being configured for a munnerth day, no travel was permitted after the twenty-eighth when using the TemporaLater.
