Mutteration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of muttering or complaining. countable, nonce-word, uncountable

    "Inside, under the canvas top, there was a chattering mutteration, as if all the items so carefully stowed away were talking together."

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"Inside, under the canvas top, there was a chattering mutteration, as if all the items so carefully stowed away were talking together."

Etymology

From mutter + -ation.

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