資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mumm \Mumm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mumming}.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme
disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum,
mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech
occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. {Mumble},
{Mummery}.]
To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.
With mumming and with masking all around. --Spenser.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mummed
See {mum}
mum
adj : failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
witness remained silent" [syn: {silent}]
[also: {mumming}, {mummed}]
mum
n 1: of China [syn: {florist's chrysanthemum}, {florists'
chrysanthemum}, {Dendranthema grandifloruom}, {Chrysanthemum
morifolium}]
2: informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mama}, {mamma}, {mom},
{momma}, {mommy}, {mammy}, {mummy}, {mater}]
3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
[also: {mumming}, {mummed}]