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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  (n.2)
1823, pet word for "mother," short for mummy. In British sociology, used from 1957 in ref. to "the working class mother as an influence in the lives of her children."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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