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mimmering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mim-mer-ing
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Doting; dreaming; mammering.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mimmeren, mymerian

Inflected Forms

more mimmering (comparative) most mimmering (superlative)

Questions

What does mimmering mean?
Doting; dreaming; mammering.
Where does mimmering come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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