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mutteration

mutteration noun: an act of muttering or complaining.

Noun

mutteration (countable and uncountable, plural mutterations)

  1. (nonce-word) An act of muttering or complaining.
    • Inside, under the canvas top, there was a chattering mutteration, as if all the items so carefully stowed away were talking together.1989, Elizabeth Yates, Carolina's Courage, page 41

Forms of mutteration

pluralmutterations

Origin of mutteration

From mutter + -ation.

Questions about mutteration

What does mutteration mean?
Mutteration means an act of muttering or complaining.
What part of speech is mutteration?
Mutteration is a noun.
What is the plural of mutteration?
The plural of mutteration is mutterations.

Words near mutteration in the dictionary

  1. Muttenz
  2. mutter
  3. mutter paneer
  4. mutterance
  5. mutterances
  6. mutteration
  7. mutterations
  8. muttered
  9. mutterer
  10. mutterers
  11. mutterest

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