MUMM

Verb

mumm (third-person singular simple present mumms, present participle mumming, simple past and past participle mummed)

Archaic form of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).

Source: Wiktionary


Mumm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumming.] Etym: [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. Mumble, Mummery.]

Definition: To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask. With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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