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▪ I. muni, n.2 (and a.) U.S.|ˈmjuːnɪ|
[Colloq. abbrev. of municipal (bond).]
= municipal bond s.v. *municipal a. 2 c and n. 4. Usu. in pl. Also attrib. or as adj., esp. in muni bond.
1973Newsweek 13 Aug. 82 Paragon..mounted an expensive advertising campaign aimed at peddling ‘munis’ to the masses and last year sold $750 million worth of securities. 1979Time 2 Apr. 57/1 Bloch points out that munis are safe, and enormously liquid, and they can be bought in denominations as low as $1,000. 1983Fortune 11 July 158/2 Investors can capitalize on Whoops worries by buying other munis at bargain prices. 1985Barron's 11 Nov. 58/3 (heading) High yields and no taxes buoy muni bond funds. 1988Bond Buyer 30 Aug. 4 (heading) A young muni analyst leaves Wall Street.
▪ II. ‖ muni Hinduism and Jainism.|ˈmʊniː|
Also moonee.
[a. Skr. múni impulse, eagerness (?), one moved by inward impulse, a seer, saint, etc., f. man to think.]
An inspired or holy man; a sage; an ascetic or hermit.
1785C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā ii. 41 A man is said to be confirmed in wisdom, when he forsaketh every desire which entereth into his heart, and of himself is happy, and contented in himself... Such a wise man is called a Mŏŏnĕĕ. 1796[see dharma]. 1811W. Ward Acct. of Hindoos II. 46 How the moonees instruct their disciples in the different kinds of learning. 1828H. H. Wilson in Asiatick Res. XVI. 18 The Chárvákas were so named from one of their teachers, the Muni Chárváka. 1854Max Müller in C. C. J. Bunsen Christianity & Mankind III. 285 The Turanian life is no longer a family life, or the life of a troglodyte Muni. 1866E. T. Dalton in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. of Bengal XXXV. ii. (Special Number) 160 There is no tradition even of the ‘Munis’ having sought retreats amongst its rocks or by its waterfalls for their devotional exercises. 1875Monier-Williams Indian Wisdom x. 260 Let him remain without fire, without habitation, feeding on roots and fruits, practising the vow of a Muni. 1949A. Daniélou N. Indian Music I. ii. 39 Mataṅgă Muni considers that the word deśhī (worldly) applies to all earthly music. 1969W. R. Trask tr. Eliade's Yoga (ed. 2) viii. 327 Let us recall the muni of the Ṛg-Veda who, ‘in the intoxication of ecstasy’, mounted the ‘chariot of the winds’. 1971Illus. Weekly India 11 Apr. 17/1 The Jain Munis believe that the body is a great source of sin and must be subjugated and won over. 1972P. Holroyde Indian Music iii. 74 The most famous of all their musical theoreticians: Bharata Muni. |
