Moll

See also: moll and møll

English

Etymology

A diminutive lambdacism of Mary. Compare Sally from Sarah and Hal from Harry.

Proper noun

Moll

1. (archaic) A pet name for Mary.
   • 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 262:

     Theſe vvere they that gave me that Name of Moll Flanders: For it vvas no more of Affinity vvith my real Name, or vvith any of the Names I had ever gone by than black, is of Kin to vvhite, […]

2. (possibly older usage) Alternative form of Mol, Belgium

Related terms

• Molly, Mollie

Anagrams

• LOML

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mollis.

Noun

Moll n (strong, genitive Moll, no plural)

1. (music) minor

   Antonym: Dur

Declension

Declension of Moll [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Moll
genitive	eines	des	Moll
dative	einem	dem	Moll
accusative	ein	das	Moll

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: moll

Etymology 2

Noun

Moll m (strong, genitive Molles or Molls, plural Molle or Molls))

1. cotton molton

   Synonyms: Molton, Baumwollmolton

Declension

Declension of Moll [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Moll	die	Molle, Molls)
genitive	eines	des	Molles, Molls	der	Molle, Molls)
dative	einem	dem	Moll, Molle1	den	Mollen, Molls)
accusative	einen	den	Moll	die	Molle, Molls)

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Moll m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Molls or (with an article) Moll, feminine genitive Moll, plural Molls)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Moll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Moll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Moll (Gewebe)” in Duden online
• “Moll (Tongeschlecht)” in Duden online
• Moll on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Yola

Etymology

A diminutive lambdacism of Maree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɫ/

Proper noun

Moll

1. a female given name
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 15:

     Zyin "Thaar gows Peg an Moll an Kaat

     Saying "There goes Peg and Moll and Kate,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131