mittimus

mit·ti·mus

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mit-uh-muh s]
- /ˈmɪt ə məs/
- /ˈmɪ.tɪ.məs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mit-uh-muh s]
- /ˈmɪt ə məs/

Definitions of mittimus word

noun plural mittimus a warrant of commitment to prison. 1
noun plural mittimus a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another. 1
noun mittimus (legal, historical except in US) A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody. 1
noun mittimus a warrant of commitment to prison or a command to a jailer directing him to hold someone in prison 0
noun mittimus a warrant or writ for putting into prison a person convicted of crime 0

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Origin of mittimus

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English < Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit

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Parts of speech for Mittimus

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Mittimus

mittimus popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

mittimus usage trend in Literature

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