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mimmer

mimmer verb: to dote; dream; mammer. Also the alternative form of mummer.

Verb

mimmer (third-person singular simple present mimmers, present participle mimmering, simple past and past participle mimmered)

  1. (rare, transitive) To dote; dream; mammer.
    • A mimmering driveller! — Shove him without! He's not worth torments.1892, George Darley, Sylvia: or, The May queen, a lyrical drama - Page 81
    • One many rainbow all ways beginning To bring the mimmered underside Where may a new colour unravel the story In ever changing labyrinths [...]2007, Andreas Diesel, Dieter Gerten, Looking for Europe

Also used as

mimmer is also the alternative form of mummer.

Forms of mimmer

Verb
third-person singular presentmimmers
present participlemimmering
past participlemimmered
pastmimmered
Noun
pluralmimmers

Origin of mimmer

Uncertain. Perhaps from an alteration of mammer; or from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren (“to ponder”); or from Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to keep in mind, remember”). See also mammer. Compare also Saterland Frisian miemerje (“to ponder sadly, think deeply”), Danish mimre and Norwegian mimre (“to reminisce”).

Variation of mummer.

Words formed from mimmer

Questions about mimmer

What does mimmer mean?
Mimmer means to dote; dream; mammer.
What part of speech is mimmer?
Mimmer is a verb.
What is the past tense of mimmer?
The past tense of mimmer is mimmered.

Words near mimmer in the dictionary

  1. mimivirid
  2. mimivirids
  3. mimivirus
  4. mimiviruses
  5. mimmation
  6. mimmer
  7. mimmered
  8. mimmering
  9. mimmerkin
  10. mimmerkins
  11. mimmers

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