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Mammer

Mam′mer

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Verb.
I.
[Cf. G.
memme
coward, poltroon.]
To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024

mammer

mammer

English

Verb

mammer ‎(third-person singular simple present mammers, present participle mammering, simple past and past participle mammered)

  1. (rare) To hesitate.
    Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.
  2. (rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

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Etymology

From Middle English mameren ‎(“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English māmrian, māmorian ‎(“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną ‎(“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- ‎(“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English māmor ‎(“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian ‎(“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren ‎(“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.

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