namous

verb

1. To run away; to leave; to depart.

   obsolete

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:namous.

Where it comes from

UK 19th century. Probably from Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Possibly influenced by German nehmen (“to take”). Cognate with English vamoose. Possibly backslang from summon.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry namous (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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