mumbon.
/ˈmʌmbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈməmboʊ/ rare.
= mumbo-jumbo n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun]
jargon1340
gibberishc1557
fustiana1593
hibber-gibber1593
rabble?1593
gabbling1599
rantum-scantum1599
ribble-rabble1601
gabble1602
High Dutch1602
Greek1603
baragouin1614
galimatias1653
riddle-me-ree1678
clink-clank1679
Hebrew1705
alieniloquy1727
jabber1735
mumbo-jumbo1738
gibbering1786
rigmarole1809
gibber1832
rigmarolery1833
Babelism1834
jargoning1837
barrikin1851
abracadabra1867
double Dutch1876
jabberwock1902
jabberwocky1908
jibber-jabber1922
mumbo-jumbery1923
mumbo1931
double-talk1938
garbology1944
1931 E. Pound Let. 27 Dec. (1971) 237 The continuation [of a magazine] can be called Poetry, Second Series, or new series, if that hackneyed term is still big heap mumbo on the lake shore.
1973 Sunday Express 29 July 12/3 There is a great deal of unnecessary mumbo talked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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