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Moomin|ˈmuːmɪn|
In the children's tales of the Finnish writer Tove Jansson (b. 1914), one of an imaginary race of small, shy, fat, hibernating creatures that live in the forests of Finland. Also attrib. and Comb. So Moomin-like a., resembling or characteristic of a Moomin.
1950E. Portch tr. Jansson's Finn Family Moomintroll i. 14 One spring morning at four o'clock the first cuckoo arrived in the Valley of the Moomins. Ibid. 22 Moomintroll..threw his eggshell into the waste-paper basket, for he was (sometimes) a well brought up Moomin. Ibid. vii. 162 Now you can all have a wish—the Moomin family first! 1957M. Allingham in T. Jansson Moomin 1 On the Moomins themselves I find myself uncharacteristically reticent. Their appeal is so personal and so intricate that I feel chatter about them is like gossip in public about friends... When Moomin fans discover each other they..are..likely to sit down trustingly together. 1965G. Mitchell Pageant of Murder iii. 29 Kitty made an unseemly grimace behind the massive, Moomin-like back. 1967B. W. Alderson tr. Hürlimann's Three Centuries Children's Bks. in Europe vi. 81 Nonsense..is perhaps found at its best in the Moomin books of this author. The Moomins..conquered children in a trice. 1971K. Hart tr. Jansson's Moominvalley in Nov. xviii. 136 Let us observe half-a-minute's silence to show our appreciation of the Moomin family. |