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mammer

UK/ˈmæm.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈmæm.ɚ/

mammer verb: to hesitate.

Verb

mammer (third-person singular simple present mammers, present participle mammering, simple past and past participle mammered)

  1. (rare) To hesitate.
    • Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.
  2. (rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

Forms of mammer

third-person singular presentmammers
present participlemammering
past participlemammered
pastmammered

Origin of mammer

From Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English māmrian, māmorian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną (“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English māmor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian (“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.

Words formed from mammer

Words that rhyme with mammer

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Questions about mammer

What does mammer mean?
Mammer means to hesitate.
What part of speech is mammer?
Mammer is a verb.
How do you pronounce mammer?
Mammer is pronounced /ˈmæm.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the past tense of mammer?
The past tense of mammer is mammered.

Words near mammer in the dictionary

  1. mammee apple
  2. mammee apples
  3. mammees
  4. Mammen
  5. Mammens
  6. mammer
  7. mammered
  8. mammering
  9. mammers
  10. mammery
  11. mammet

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