namous

== English == === Alternative forms === nammous, nammus, nommous, nommus, namase (rare) === Etymology === 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. === Verb === namous (third-person singular simple present namouses, present participle namousing, simple past and past participle namoused) (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To run away; to leave; to depart. For quotations using this term, see Citations:namous. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:flee or Thesaurus:leave === Interjection === namous! (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Look out! Beware! ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:heads up === References === John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1902), “namous”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume V, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 12. Eric Partridge (1949), A Dictionary of the Underworld, London: Macmillan Co. === Anagrams === samoun