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Terminology of the Imperium
MINIMICFILM:shigawireofone-microndiameteroftenusedtotransmitespionageandcounterespionagedata.
MISH-MISH:apricots.
MISR:thehistoricalZensunni(Fremen)termforthemselves:“ThePeople.”
MISSIONARIAPROTECTIVA:thearmoftheBeneGesseritorderchargedwithsowinginfectioussuperstitionsonprimitiveworlds,thusopeningthoseregionstoexploitationbytheBeneGesserit.(SeePanopliapropheticus.)MONITOR:aten-sectionspacewarcraftmountingheavyarmorandshieldprotection.Itisdesignedtobeseparatedintoitscomponentsectionsforlift-offafterplanet-fall.
MUAD’DIB:theadaptedkangaroomouseofArrakis,acreatureassociatedintheFremenearth-spiritmythologywithadesignvisibleontheplanet’ssecondmoon.ThiscreatureisadmiredbyFremenforitsabilitytosurviveintheopendesert.
MUDIRNAHYA:theFremennameforBeastRabban(CountRabbanofLankiveil),theHarkonnencousinwhowassiridargovernoronArrakisformanyyears.Thenameisoftentranslatedas“DemonRuler.”
MUSHTAMAL:asmallgardenannexorgardencourtyard.
MUSKY:poisoninadrink.(SeeChaumurky.)
MUZEINWALLAH!:Muzeinliterallymeans“nothinggood,”andwallahisareflexiveterminalexclamation.InthistraditionalopeningforaFremencurseagainstanenemy,WallahturnstheemphasisbackuponthewordsMuzein,producingthemeaning:“Nothinggood,nevergood,goodfornothing.”
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Na-:aprefixmeaning“nominated”or“nextinline.”Thus:na-Baronmeansheirapparenttoabarony.
NAIB:onewhohasswornnevertobetakenalivebytheenemy;traditionaloathofaFremenleader.
