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Webster 1913 Edition

Mumps

Mumps

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
mump
to be sulky. Cf.
Mump
,
Mumble
, and
Mum
.]
1.
pl.
Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.
Skinner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mumps

MUMPS

,
Noun.
[See Mum, Mumble, Mumm.]
1.
Sullenness; silent displeasure. [Little used.]
2.
A disease,the cynanche parotidoea, a swelling of the parotid glands.

Definition 2024

Mumps

Mumps

See also: mumps and MUMPS

German

Noun

Mumps m ‎(genitive Mumps, no plural)

  1. mumps

Declension

mumps

mumps

See also: MUMPS and Mumps

English

Noun

mumps pl ‎(plural only)

  1. (pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

Usage notes

  • More frequently used with a singular verb.

Translations

Verb

mumps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of mump

Pronunciation

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