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mumm

[muhm]
–verb (used without object)
mum 2 .

mum

2[muhm]
–verb (used without object), mummed, mum⋅ming.
1. to say “mum”; call for silence.
2. to act as a mummer.
Also, mumm.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME mommen, v. use of mum 1 ; cf. MD mommen to act the mummer's part
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Word Origin & History

mum  (interj.)
1568, from M.E. mum, mom "silent" (1377), imitative of the sound made with closed lips, as indicative of unwillingness or inability to speak. Phrase mum's the word is first recorded 1704.
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