Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).

Origin

From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old F

From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), from mommer (“to wear a mask”), from momon (“mask”). Compare German Mumme (“mask”), 16th Century German mummen (“to disguise oneself”), Middle Dutch mommen, mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), Middle Low Saxon mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), Dutch mom (“mask”) and mimmen (“to mask”) as well as Spanish momo (“grimace”).

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Forms

mummers, mummering, mummered, mummered
Base formmummer · to mummer
3rd person singularmummers
Present participlemummering
Past simplemummered
Past participlemummered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymummer
he, she, itmummers

Past simpleLesson

all personsmummered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mummered
he, she, ithas mummered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mummer

Synonyms

1 synonyms
mumA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mumA1mumbleB2mummymumpsmunchC1
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