Maw-gut

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: môʹgÅ­t', IPA: /ˈmɔːˌɡʌt/

Origin

From Middle English mawe gutte = “gut of the stomach cavity”.

Full definition of maw-gut

Noun

1. (obsolete) duodenum
• 1720: Edward Phillips (author) and John KerÅ¿ey (editor), The New World of Words : or, UniverÅ¿al EngliÅ¿h Dictionary, PU–PY (7th edition):Pylorus, the Keeper of a Gate, a Porter. In Anatomy, the lower Orifice or Mouth of the Stomach, by which the Meat is let into the Entrails, the Maw-gut : It is alÅ¿o call’d Janitor in Latin.