What does mormo mean?
Mormo means (obsolete) A bugbear; false terror..
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/ˈmɔː(ɹ)məʊ/ · noun
(obsolete) A bugbear; false terror..
Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.
the mormos and bugbears of a frighted rabble
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Mormo means (obsolete) A bugbear; false terror..
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Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.
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