muumuu
/ˈmuˌmu/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We have had some very hot weather since last I wrote. […] Fanny and Valentine have taken to mumus and holakus, but I am putting off as long as I can. So far I have been content to discard all woollen garments and stiff or fitted bodices, and I often wear boots without stockings."
- "[W]e saw Ruth in a pink muumuu having a bath and finally getting into the "kahe" and catching the mullet herself, beheading, and enjoying the tid-bits that she found."
- "If you know someone who lives in the Islands, chances are your resident friend will have her own seamstress, probably a Japanese or Chinese-American housewife who does dressmaking on the side. […] Prices of dressmaking are extremely reasonable, probably not more than $4.00 for making a muumuu summer dress, or sunback dress."
- "Everybody fools somebody sometime—one way or another. But Abraham Lincoln said no one could fool all of the people all of the time. Well, I can. I can fool you even wearing a moo-moo."
- "I don't want to look like a weirdo. I'll just go with a muumuu."
- "Short and zoftig, she [Sue Mengers] wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian muʻumuʻu, from muʻumuʻu (“to be cut off; to be shortened”, verb), probably because the garment is a short-sleeved and often calf-length version of the floor-length holoku or Mother Hubbard dress which has long sleeves and originally a train.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmuˌmu/
- British English: /ˈmuːmuː/