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verb (used without object)
1.
to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
2.
to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth: to mumble on a crust.
verb (used with object)
3.
to say or utter indistinctly, as with partly closed lips: He mumbled something about expenses.
4.
to chew, or try to eat, with difficulty, as from loss of teeth.
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Mumblingly
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
noun
5.
a low, indistinct utterance or sound.
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Word Origin & History
mumble
early 14c., momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner," probably frequentative of interjection mum. The -b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from mid-14c. The noun is first attested 1902. Related: Mumbled; mumbling.
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