† mussitationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mussitātiōn-, mussitātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin mussitātiōn-, mussitātiō subdued noise (2nd cent. a.d. of dogs, in post-classical Latin also of people) < mussitāt- , past participial stem of mussitāre mussitate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French mussitation murmuring (1531). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒsitēⁱ·ʃən) /mʌsɪˈteɪʃən/.

Obsolete.

Muttering, murmuring; a muttered or murmured sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound

murmuringc1385

murmur?a1425

murmell1535

babblea1592

muttering1613

huma1616

mussitation1649

simmering1689

croon1725

babbling1736

brool1837

brooling1837

brum1842

babblement1860

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 443 (margin) A mussitation, or low prayer.

1734 A. Young Idolatrous Corrupt. II. 144 The Murmur, or Mussitation, which Liquor makes that is pent up in a Bottle.

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mussitation, muttering; a morbid symptom consisting in movement of the lips of the sick without the production of sound or of articulate sounds, or a muttering with a very low voice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	mussitation
释义	† mussitationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mussitātiōn-, mussitātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin mussitātiōn-, mussitātiō subdued noise (2nd cent. a.d. of dogs, in post-classical Latin also of people) < mussitāt- , past participial stem of mussitāre mussitate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French mussitation murmuring (1531). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒsitēⁱ·ʃən) /mʌsɪˈteɪʃən/. Obsolete. Muttering, murmuring; a muttered or murmured sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound murmuringc1385 murmur?a1425 murmell1535 babblea1592 muttering1613 huma1616 mussitation1649 simmering1689 croon1725 babbling1736 brool1837 brooling1837 brum1842 babblement1860 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 443 (margin) A mussitation, or low prayer. 1734 A. Young Idolatrous Corrupt. II. 144 The Murmur, or Mussitation, which Liquor makes that is pent up in a Bottle. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mussitation, muttering; a morbid symptom consisting in movement of the lips of the sick without the production of sound or of articulate sounds, or a muttering with a very low voice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1649
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