Mumm

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Archaic form of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”). alt-of, archaic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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masilentanaudicaphasicaphonicbreathless

Etymology

* From the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”). * As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”). Both senses are comparable to Mumme, a spelling variant.

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