mammer
To hesitateTo hesitate.
» What can I say? I'm a bad mammer jammer.
Meaning
2 senses(rare)To hesitate.
Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.
(rare)To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.
мямлитьmjamlitʹ
Examples
1 sentencesWhat can I say? I'm a bad mammer jammer.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old EnglishFrom Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English māmrian, māmorian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną (“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English māmor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian (“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.
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Forms
mammers, mammering, mammered, mammeredWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle