Isaac jacquemin mauromormo milesian
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Isaac Jackman wrote the 1777 play The Milesian
- Isaac, son of Abraham and father of Jacob
- Jacobin → Jacob
- Jacqueminot Vicomte J. F. Jacqueminot (1787-1865), French soldier
- jacqueminot: a red-flowered, hybrid perpetual variety of rose; also, formerly used for a color resembling that of the flower.
- mauros (Greek): dark; → Moor?
- Mormo: Greek bugbear for frightening children; hence, mauromormo = dark bugbear
- Milesian: Member of the Spanish-born race descended from the companions of Milesius. Hence (sometimes jocularly), an Irishman
- Leopold Bloom: An Irish-born man (Milesian) of Jewish heritage (Isaac/Jacob) with unusually dark complexion (mauromormo)
