muumuun.

Brit.

/ˈmuːmuː/, U.S.

/ˈmuˌmu/

Forms: 1800s mumu, 1900s– moomoo, 1900s– mu-mu, 1900s– muumuu, 1900s– muu-muu.

Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian muʽumuʽu.

Etymology: < Hawaiian muʽumuʽu.In Hawaii the word has four syllables.

A woman's loose-fitting dress, usually patterned and brightly coloured, a local adaptation of the ‘Mother Hubbard’ dress introduced by missionaries in Hawaii. Later also: a garment resembling this. Cf. holoku n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > loose-fitting

sack1599

slammerkin1729

trollopee1756

Levite1779

roundabout1856

Mother Hubbard1877

Mother Hubbard1883

muumuu1888

caftan1965

1888 M. I. Stevenson Let. 15 July in M. C. Balfour From Saranac to Marquesas (1903) 70 Fanny and Valentine have taken to mumus and holakus, but I am putting off as long as I can.

1907 C. K. London Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Our Hawaii (1917) 2/2 Red calico muumuus had been brought for us malihini haoles, that we might be entirely Hawaiian in the water.

1930 D. Blanding Hula Moons 40 Helen being a woman, put on a yellow mumu, a cross between a flour sack and an old-fashioned nightie. Mumus were designed by the well-intentioned missionary ladies..as a covering for the Hawaiian women, in the early days when a few flowers sufficed for a garment.

1959 M. Jansma Wandering Malihini ii. 33 A Hawaiian lady, costumed in an attractive muumuu,..sang to us songs of welcome and love.

1960 Guardian 3 Nov. 10/4 Long-skirted dresses, called muumuus and holokus, that were adaptations of respectable female attire in Massachusetts.

1964 Daily Mail 21 Jan. 3/3 Mu-s or Mother Hubbards describes the beachwear better.

1969 C. Armstrong Seven Seats to Moon xi. 105 Nanjo with..a blue umuu concealing her bathing suit..came..and curled herself on the floor.

1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 June 26/3 Men and women, some in gaudily-flowered Hawaiian shirts and flowing moomoos, [etc.].

1996 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 June 39/2 To be searched, an inmate steps out of the prison-issue umuu and stuffs the uniform in a hole.

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

单词	muumuu
释义	muumuun. Brit. /ˈmuːmuː/, U.S. /ˈmuˌmu/ Forms: 1800s mumu, 1900s– moomoo, 1900s– mu-mu, 1900s– muumuu, 1900s– muu-muu. Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian muʽumuʽu. Etymology: < Hawaiian muʽumuʽu.In Hawaii the word has four syllables. A woman's loose-fitting dress, usually patterned and brightly coloured, a local adaptation of the ‘Mother Hubbard’ dress introduced by missionaries in Hawaii. Later also: a garment resembling this. Cf. holoku n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > loose-fitting sack1599 slammerkin1729 trollopee1756 Levite1779 roundabout1856 Mother Hubbard1877 Mother Hubbard1883 muumuu1888 caftan1965 1888 M. I. Stevenson Let. 15 July in M. C. Balfour From Saranac to Marquesas (1903) 70 Fanny and Valentine have taken to mumus and holakus, but I am putting off as long as I can. 1907 C. K. London Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Our Hawaii (1917) 2/2 Red calico muumuus had been brought for us malihini haoles, that we might be entirely Hawaiian in the water. 1930 D. Blanding Hula Moons 40 Helen being a woman, put on a yellow mumu, a cross between a flour sack and an old-fashioned nightie. Mumus were designed by the well-intentioned missionary ladies..as a covering for the Hawaiian women, in the early days when a few flowers sufficed for a garment. 1959 M. Jansma Wandering Malihini ii. 33 A Hawaiian lady, costumed in an attractive muumuu,..sang to us songs of welcome and love. 1960 Guardian 3 Nov. 10/4 Long-skirted dresses, called muumuus and holokus, that were adaptations of respectable female attire in Massachusetts. 1964 Daily Mail 21 Jan. 3/3 Mu-s or Mother Hubbards describes the beachwear better. 1969 C. Armstrong Seven Seats to Moon xi. 105 Nanjo with..a blue umuu concealing her bathing suit..came..and curled herself on the floor. 1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 June 26/3 Men and women, some in gaudily-flowered Hawaiian shirts and flowing moomoos, [etc.]. 1996 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 June 39/2 To be searched, an inmate steps out of the prison-issue umuu and stuffs the uniform in a hole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888
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