Mutt can now be used with either affection or disdain to refer to a dog that is not purebred, but in the words early history, in the U.S. around the turn of the 20th century, it could also be used to describe a person—and not kindly: mutt was another word for “fool.” The words history lies in another insult. It comes from muttonhead, another Americanism that also means essentially “fool.” Muttonhead had been around since the early 19th century but it was not unlike an older insult with the same meaning: people had been calling one another “sheeps heads” since the mid-16th century.
English[edit]
Clipping of muttonhead.
mutt (plural mutts)
Estonian[edit]
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mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mutt | mutid |
| genitive | muti | muttide |
| partitive | mutti | mutte / muttisid |
| illative | mutti / mutisse | muttidesse / mutesse |
| inessive | mutis | muttides / mutes |
| elative | mutist | muttidest / mutest |
| allative | mutile | muttidele / mutele |
| adessive | mutil | muttidel / mutel |
| ablative | mutilt | muttidelt / mutelt |
| translative | mutiks | muttideks / muteks |
| terminative | mutini | muttideni |
| essive | mutina | muttidena |
| abessive | mutita | muttideta |
| comitative | mutiga | muttidega |