mumble-jumblev.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmblˌdʒʌmbl/, U.S.

/ˈməmb(ə)lˈdʒəmb(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s mumbled-jumbled (past tense), 1800s– mumble-jumble, 1800s– mumble-jumble (past tense).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mumble v., jumble v.

Etymology: < mumble v. + jumble v., perhaps after mumbo-jumbo n.

rare.

transitive. To utter indistinctly and incoherently; to babble. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle

blether1524

spout1556

ramble1616

extravage1759

maunder1834

mumble-jumble1834

moider1839

gander1858

mither1860

burble1891

flap-doodle1893

waffle1900

bumble1911

wibble1994

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvii. 286 I mumbled-jumbled something or another, half Spanish and half English.

1869 Manufacturer & Builder Oct. 309/1 If he will work, and be a good citizen, he may build as many temples as he pleases, and mumble-jumble before ugly bits of wood to his heart's content.

1994 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 6 Jan. 9 a She tries to talk and the words ‘just get mumble-jumbled in her mouth,’ the girl's mother said.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mumble-jumble
释义	mumble-jumblev. Brit. /ˈmʌmblˌdʒʌmbl/, U.S. /ˈməmb(ə)lˈdʒəmb(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s mumbled-jumbled (past tense), 1800s– mumble-jumble, 1800s– mumble-jumble (past tense). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mumble v., jumble v. Etymology: < mumble v. + jumble v., perhaps after mumbo-jumbo n. rare. transitive. To utter indistinctly and incoherently; to babble. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle blether1524 spout1556 ramble1616 extravage1759 maunder1834 mumble-jumble1834 moider1839 gander1858 mither1860 burble1891 flap-doodle1893 waffle1900 bumble1911 wibble1994 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvii. 286 I mumbled-jumbled something or another, half Spanish and half English. 1869 Manufacturer & Builder Oct. 309/1 If he will work, and be a good citizen, he may build as many temples as he pleases, and mumble-jumble before ugly bits of wood to his heart's content. 1994 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 6 Jan. 9 a She tries to talk and the words ‘just get mumble-jumbled in her mouth,’ the girl's mother said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1834
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