mumblementn.
/ˈmʌmblm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈməmb(ə)lm(ə)nt/ rare.
The action of mumbling; a mumbled or muttered utterance.
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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
1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies 175 Such his mumblement being ouer-heard came afterwardes in question to his danger.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. viii. 212 Lasource answered with some vague painful mumblement.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. v. 104 Getting no..answer,..getting only some vague mumblement as good as none.
1980 M. Barnard in Woman Poet I. 34/2 What I heard was whiskered mumblement of grammarians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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