mawmet, maumet

[A corrupt. of Mahomet.] [MAMMET.] *mâwm-Ish, a . [Eng. maum, malm=soft: -ish .] Foolish; soft. (More probably a misprint for mawkish.) "It is one of the most nauseous, mawmish fortifications, for a man to have to do with a punctual finical fop."L'Estrange.