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mimmering

mimmering adjective: doting; dreaming; mammering.

Adjective

mimmering (comparative more mimmering, superlative most mimmering)

  1. Doting; dreaming; mammering.
    • A half-brain'd loon! A mimmering driveller!1827, G. Darley, Sylvia 64

Forms of mimmering

comparativemore mimmering
superlativemost mimmering

Origin of mimmering

Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of mammering; or a derivation from earlier unrecorded *mimmer, from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren ("to ponder"; > Modern Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”)); or perhaps representing a continuation of Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to remember, commemorate”). See also mammer, mimmerkin.

Questions about mimmering

What does mimmering mean?
Mimmering means doting; dreaming; mammering.
What part of speech is mimmering?
Mimmering is an adjective.

Words near mimmering in the dictionary

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

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