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Traditional English :: mumps
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mumpish.html - n.pl. 1 (treated as sing.) a contagious and infectious viral disease with swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face. 2 a fit of sulks. mumpish adj. (in sense 2). [archaic mump be sullen] |
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English Idioms :: mum is the word
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mumpish.html - You must keep the secret; keep silent; don't tell anyone. - Often used as an interjection. * /We are planning a surprise party for John and mum is the word./ * /"Mum is the word!" the robber captain told his men./ |
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Traditional English :: mum(1)
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mumpish.html - n.
Brit. colloq. mother. [abbr. of MUMMY(1)] |
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Traditional English :: mum(2)
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mumpish.html - adj. colloq. silent (keep mum). mum's the word say nothing. [ME: imit. of closed lips] |
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Traditional English :: mum(3)
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mumpish.html - v.intr. (mummed, mumming) act in a traditional masked mime. [cf. MUM(2) and MLG mummen] |
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Traditional English :: mumble
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mumpish.html - v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. speak or utter indistinctly.
2 tr. bite or chew with or as with toothless gums. --n. mumbler n. mumblingly adv. [ME momele, as MUM(2): cf. LG mummelen] |
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