MUMMING

MUM

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

mumming

present participle of mum

present participle of mumm

Noun

mumming (plural mummings)

A pantomime or dumb show.

Source: Wiktionary


MUM

Mum, a. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.]

Definition: Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak.

Mum, interj.

Definition: Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. Shak.

Mum, n.

Definition: Silence. [R.] Hudibras.

Mum, n. Etym: [G. mummere, fr. Christian Mumme, who first brewed it in 1492.]

Definition: A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. Pope.

MUMM

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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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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