mumblingn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmbl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈmʌmblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈməmb(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see mumble v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s momlyng; Scottish pre-1700 mummelling, pre-1700 mummulling, pre-1700 mvmling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mumble v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mumble v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of mumble v.; an instance of this. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > chewing > chewing softly

mumblinga1556

c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 40 (MED) These makes hippynge, homerynge, of medles momellynge [in religious services].

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxxxix Consyder..what wysedome the man hath shewed, in makynge suche a mumblynge of chaungyng spyrytuall rulers into prelates.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1864 Me meruellis of þi momlyng & þi mad wordes.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iii. sig. B.ij^v Olde browne bread crustes must haue much good mumblyng.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 27 Praying in gibberish, & mumbling of beads.

a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 160 The Victualls are lockt up; I'me kept from mumbling.

1690 W. Mountford Successfull Straingers i. ii. 4 She may be Stole in the mumbling of a Pater-Noster, or the humming of an Amen.

1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies iv. 120 I heard a little mumbling Noise in the next House, in a Room joyning to ours; which mumbling at last ended in a Hymn.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxiv. 326 Mingling their mumblings with his own mastications.

1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xc From his lips a sort of mumbling fell of who was to be kicked.

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) v. 180 The distant mumbling of the thunder was mingled with a sonorous, prolonged note from the pipes.

1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 130 The outraged Harriet had not suffered in silence: there had been a good deal of mumbling at her end of the table.

1990 Comments on Etymol. 19 10 The mumblings of the legal gurus about the legal propriety of Flack's divorce.

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

mumblingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmbl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈmʌmblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈməmb(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see mumble v. and -ing suffix²; also 1900s– mumbalin (U.S.); Scottish pre-1700 momling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mumble v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mumble v. + -ing suffix².

That mumbles (in various senses); consisting of mumbles or mumbling. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling

mumblinga1450

fumbling1532

muttering1567

maffling1577

muffling1616

mussitant1678

mumbly1849

a1450 York Plays (1885) 303 (MED) Þou mummeland myghtyng, I may þe Helpe and turne þe fro tene, as y trowe.

1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 143 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 300 And laking teith famvlit hir faculte That few folk mycht consaue hir momling mowth.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 187/1 True it is, that the Papists will pray in a mumbling and babling sort.

1633 W. Lithgow Scotlands Welcome sig. G1^v They trust in their owne labours, and degresse From Gods true worship, in their mumbling Masse.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche x. v. 157 The staring Wizzard never yet could by His mumbling Charms..form a Lie Able against the face of Truthe to stand.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 209 For the Boys a Mumbling Vow she sends.

1703 London Gaz. No. 3904/4 A mumbling Speech, his upper Teeth before double.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. ii. 14 I hobbled up, crying out upon my weak ancles, in the hoarse mumbling voice I had assumed.

1855 Westm. Rev. Apr. 303 Twenty years later, this engaging youth had matured into a little man, still lax as to his mouth, of mumbling speech.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 7 There was a slight gleam, a faint, mumbling smile about the lips of the old woman.

1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 86 Heard a few lightning strokes in the distance, with rumbling, mumbling reverberations.

1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood iii. 91 The others..tried to break through the hard rind with their teeth... Buck never wasted time in this mumbling, slavering way, but crushed them with his head.

1988 ‘R. Deacon’ Spyclopaedia 276 His mumbling manner disguised a quick and decisive mind.

Compounds

mumbling word n. [now chiefly after the use in the spiritual ‘Crucifixion’ (also called ‘He never said a Mumbling Word’): see quot. 1913] U.S. (originally and chiefly in African-American usage) (in negative contexts) a single word, any word at all.

ΚΠ

1913 Crucifixion (song) in N. C. Smith Favorite Folk-melodies 10 They crucified the Son of man! An' He never said a mumble-in' word.

1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men iv. 97 John back under de bed not saying a mumblin' word.

1973 Black World Sept. 73 Some were dry-eyed and some said never a mumbalin word.

1992 R. Kenan Let Dead bury their Dead i. 20 Ellsworth..embraced and kissed him in the shade; Clarence didn't say a mumbling word.

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

单词	mumbling
释义	mumblingn. Brit. /ˈmʌmbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmʌmblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməmb(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see mumble v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s momlyng; Scottish pre-1700 mummelling, pre-1700 mummulling, pre-1700 mvmling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mumble v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mumble v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of mumble v.; an instance of this. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > chewing > chewing softly mumblinga1556 c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 40 (MED) These makes hippynge, homerynge, of medles momellynge [in religious services]. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxxxix Consyder..what wysedome the man hath shewed, in makynge suche a mumblynge of chaungyng spyrytuall rulers into prelates. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1864 Me meruellis of þi momlyng & þi mad wordes. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iii. sig. B.ij^v Olde browne bread crustes must haue much good mumblyng. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 27 Praying in gibberish, & mumbling of beads. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 160 The Victualls are lockt up; I'me kept from mumbling. 1690 W. Mountford Successfull Straingers i. ii. 4 She may be Stole in the mumbling of a Pater-Noster, or the humming of an Amen. 1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies iv. 120 I heard a little mumbling Noise in the next House, in a Room joyning to ours; which mumbling at last ended in a Hymn. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxiv. 326 Mingling their mumblings with his own mastications. 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xc From his lips a sort of mumbling fell of who was to be kicked. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) v. 180 The distant mumbling of the thunder was mingled with a sonorous, prolonged note from the pipes. 1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 130 The outraged Harriet had not suffered in silence: there had been a good deal of mumbling at her end of the table. 1990 Comments on Etymol. 19 10 The mumblings of the legal gurus about the legal propriety of Flack's divorce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mumblingadj. Brit. /ˈmʌmbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmʌmblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməmb(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see mumble v. and -ing suffix²; also 1900s– mumbalin (U.S.); Scottish pre-1700 momling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mumble v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < mumble v. + -ing suffix². That mumbles (in various senses); consisting of mumbles or mumbling. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling mumblinga1450 fumbling1532 muttering1567 maffling1577 muffling1616 mussitant1678 mumbly1849 a1450 York Plays (1885) 303 (MED) Þou mummeland myghtyng, I may þe Helpe and turne þe fro tene, as y trowe. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 143 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 300 And laking teith famvlit hir faculte That few folk mycht consaue hir momling mowth. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 187/1 True it is, that the Papists will pray in a mumbling and babling sort. 1633 W. Lithgow Scotlands Welcome sig. G1^v They trust in their owne labours, and degresse From Gods true worship, in their mumbling Masse. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche x. v. 157 The staring Wizzard never yet could by His mumbling Charms..form a Lie Able against the face of Truthe to stand. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 209 For the Boys a Mumbling Vow she sends. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3904/4 A mumbling Speech, his upper Teeth before double. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. ii. 14 I hobbled up, crying out upon my weak ancles, in the hoarse mumbling voice I had assumed. 1855 Westm. Rev. Apr. 303 Twenty years later, this engaging youth had matured into a little man, still lax as to his mouth, of mumbling speech. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 7 There was a slight gleam, a faint, mumbling smile about the lips of the old woman. 1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 86 Heard a few lightning strokes in the distance, with rumbling, mumbling reverberations. 1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood iii. 91 The others..tried to break through the hard rind with their teeth... Buck never wasted time in this mumbling, slavering way, but crushed them with his head. 1988 ‘R. Deacon’ Spyclopaedia 276 His mumbling manner disguised a quick and decisive mind. Compounds mumbling word n. [now chiefly after the use in the spiritual ‘Crucifixion’ (also called ‘He never said a Mumbling Word’): see quot. 1913] U.S. (originally and chiefly in African-American usage) (in negative contexts) a single word, any word at all. ΚΠ 1913 Crucifixion (song) in N. C. Smith Favorite Folk-melodies 10 They crucified the Son of man! An' He never said a mumble-in' word. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men iv. 97 John back under de bed not saying a mumblin' word. 1973 Black World Sept. 73 Some were dry-eyed and some said never a mumbalin word. 1992 R. Kenan Let Dead bury their Dead i. 20 Ellsworth..embraced and kissed him in the shade; Clarence didn't say a mumbling word. 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