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- noun Alternative form of
mummer . - verb transitive, rare To
dote ;dream ;mammer .
Etymologies
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Variation of mummer.
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Origin uncertain. Perhaps from an alteration of mammer; or from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren ("to ponder"); or from Old English mymerian, mimorian ("to keep in mind, remember"). See also mammer. Compare also Danish and Norwegian mimre ("to reminisce").
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