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Momus , figure in Greek mythology. He was the personification of censure and mockery.

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Momus captious critic. XVI. — L. — Gr. Mômos god of ridicule (mômos).

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Momus a person likened to Momus, the Greek god of censure and ridicule, who for his censures upon the gods was banished from heaven; a fault-finder, a captious or carping critic. Often in allusions to the story that when Hephaistos (or Zeus) had made a man, Momus blamed him for not having put a window in his breast.

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