mumble-matins
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The reason, why so great a stress was laid on the distinct reading of the Church Service, independently of its obvious necessity, was the general prevalence of an opposite practice amongst the Popish Clergy, many of whom, after they had conformed to the Liturgy, read it as they had been accustomed to read the prayers in their Breviary.* * The Clergy who read in this hurried and indistinct manner were called, in derision, "Mumble-Matins.""
- "By our Lady! if thou hadst seen death in as many shapes as I have, the fearful change, as the mumble matins call it, coming over white and dusky faces alike, thou would not fear it, but prepare to meet it gaily, flask in hand, like a welcome guest or an expected bride[…]"
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Inflected Forms
mumblematins (alternative)
mumble matins (alternative)