| 释义 |
▪ I. † maum, v. vulgar. Obs.—1
trans. In phrase mauming and gauming: To ‘paw’.
1738[see gaum v.1].
▪ II. maum(e
variant forms of malm.
▪ III. maum, mawm
U.S. varr. ma'am or mam1. Cf. marm.
1826A. Royall Sk. Hist., Life & Manners U.S. 121 Yes mawm, no mawm. 1835A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 110 ‘Aunt’ and ‘mauma’, or ‘maum’, its abbreviation, are terms of respect commonly used by children, to aged negroes. 1881Harper's Mag. Apr. 728/2 Maum Dulcie, is my habit ready? 1928J. Peterkin Scarlet Sister Mary ii. 14 Mary had grown up in Maum Hannah's old house in the Quarters. 1950Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 46 Maum' Dinah. |