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单词 momblishness
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momblishnessn.

Forms: 1500s momblysnesse.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English momblynes.
Etymology: Probably editorial emendation of momblynes (see quot. a1500), apprehended as being related to mumble v.; momblynes is itself a scribal error for moubliemies in ne-moubliemies, plural of ne-moubliemie forget-me-not ( < Middle French (fleur de) ne m'oubliez mie); hence taken up in later dictionaries.
Explained as: muttering talk.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > murmuring or muttering
blabberingc1375
mammeringa1425
mumblingc1440
mumming1440
rumbling1440
mutteringc1475
buzzing1532
momblishness1532
hummel-bummel1537
murmuration1541
mumblement1595
babblinga1599
hummering1637
mutter1637
fumble1647
murmur1704
admurmuration1727
slurring1806
a1500 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies (BL Add.) 61 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 382 Ne moubliemies [c1500 Trin. Cambr. ne momblynes, corrected text margarettes growing in ordinaunce..were acompanyed with mo Ne-m'oublie-mies and sovenez also].]
1532 Assembly of Ladies in Chaucer's Wks. 294 Ne momblysnesse and souenesse.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Momblishness, talk, muttering. O[ld word].
1837 C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Mumble ‘Ne momblisnesse ne sonenesse.’—No mumbling talk nor noisy sound. Chaucer.
1890 Cent. Dict. Momblishness, muttering talk. Bailey.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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