mumblement

[Eng. mumble; -ment.) A mumble; mumbling. "Lasource answered with some vague painful mumble. ment." - Carlyle: Fr. Revol ., pt. iii., bk. iii., ch. viii. mum-blěr, *mom-bler, s. [English mumbl (e); -er .] One who mumbles; a mutterer. "Ma momblers, holy-water swingers." - Bale : Yet a Course , fo. 88. mum-bling, pr . par . , a . & s. [MUMBLE.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or habit of muttering or speaking indistinctly. "The carele mumbling over of some short prayers." Bp. Hall No Peace with Rome , § 12. mum-bling-lý, adv [Eng.mumbling; -ly.] In a mumbling manner; inarticulately. Mum-bō, Jumbo, s. [A West African name.] 1. Lit .: A bogie or malignant being with which the negroes of Western Africa threaten unmanage able wives and children. C. As subst.: The acts or diversions of mummers; masking, mummery.