maumn.

Brit.

/mɔːm/, U.S.

/mɔm/,

/mɑm/

Forms: 1800s mawm, 1800s– maum, 1900s– maum'.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: mauma n.

Etymology: Shortened < mauma n. Compare mammy n. 3 and see discussion s.v. mama n.¹

U.S. colloquial and regional (chiefly southern).

A title of respect prefixed to the first name of a black woman having care of white children.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank > for married woman of rank

madam1679

ma'am1815

marm1825

maum1835

marm1837

1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 110 ‘Aunt’ and ‘mauma’, or ‘maum’, its abbreviation, are terms of respect commonly used by children, to aged negroes.

1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 728/2 Maum Dulcie, is my habit ready?

1928 J. M. Peterkin Scarlet Sister Mary ii. 14 Mary had grown up in Maum Hannah's old house in the Quarters.

1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 46 Maum' Dinah.

1988 S. Tucker Memories Southern Women III. 107 Maum Hannah is an aged woman, but she can still ‘wield an ax’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

maumadj.

Brit.

/mɔːm/, U.S.

/mɔm/,

/mɑm/

Forms: 1600s–1700s moam, 1600s–1800s mawm, 1600s– maum, 1800s– mome, 1800s– moum.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: malm n.

Etymology: Probably < malm n., with early development of a u- glide before -l- and subsequent loss of -l- . Compare earlier maumish adj. and maum v. N.E.D. (1904) lists this word as Malm, adj., and gives the additional pronunciation (mām) /mɑːm/. Although spellings with -l- are not attested, their existence may be inferred < malmie , malmy , variants of maumy adj.

English regional (chiefly northern).

Usually of fruit: mellow, soft; esp. overripe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > unripe or over-ripe

unripec1275

semi-maturec1440

unripedc1500

untimely1535

unripened1561

overripened1594

immature1599

maum1691

under-ripe1707

overripe1769

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Moam, vel Maum, maturo-mitis, mellow.

a1743 J. Relph Misc. of Poems (1747) 17 Sweet to the teaste as pears or apples moam.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 341 Maum, mellow, attended with a degree of dryness.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 199 Maum, Maumy, mellow, soft.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 206 Mome, soft, smooth, conjoining the idea of sweetness.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Maum, Mawm, (1) mellow. (2) Gentle, quiet.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Maum, Mome, or Maumy, mellow; insipid. ‘That pear is too maum for my eating.’

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 81/1 Maum,..the sense is ‘over ripe’ rather than ‘ripe’ and infers a deterioration in condition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

maumv.

Brit.

/mɔːm/, U.S.

/mɔm/,

/mɑm/

Forms: 1600s mawme, 1700s– maam, 1700s– maum.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: maum adj.

Etymology: Probably < maum adj. (although attested earlier).N.E.D. (1904) enters sense 1 under malm v.², and in a later fascicle (1906) treats sense 2 separately under maum v.

Chiefly British regional. Now rare.

1. intransitive. To become soft. Also transitive: to make soft or softer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > become soft [verb (intransitive)]

nesheOE

soften?c1425

mollify1528

to give again1617

mauma1642

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 112 Then they water it [sc. earth] and lette it lye 3 or 4 dayes to mawme.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Maum, to soften and swell by means of rain, or from being steeped in water; to become mellow... Malt is said to maum, when steeped.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 135 To maum a crust of bread, is to soften it in water.

†2. transitive. To paw, grope. Only in to maum and gaum (see also gaum v.¹). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly

pawa1450

thumb1593

fumble1609

thumble1614

to maum and gaum1738

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 81 Don't be mauming and gauming a Body so. Can't you keep your filthy Hands to your self?

3. transitive. To besmear. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear

smear971

besmearc1050

slobber1529

slubber1530

smore1530

to-ray1562

slubbera1586

blur1592

beblur1598

beslubber1598

besmother1598

besmouche1600

slur1602

illine1615

slerga1758

slaister1773

gaum?1825

smarm1847

slob1851

maum1888

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 107 Maam, to besmear; as a child may besmear face or hands with jam.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1835

adj.1691

v.a1642

单词	maum
释义	maumn. Brit. /mɔːm/, U.S. /mɔm/, /mɑm/ Forms: 1800s mawm, 1800s– maum, 1900s– maum'. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: mauma n. Etymology: Shortened < mauma n. Compare mammy n. 3 and see discussion s.v. mama n.¹ U.S. colloquial and regional (chiefly southern). A title of respect prefixed to the first name of a black woman having care of white children. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank > for married woman of rank madam1679 ma'am1815 marm1825 maum1835 marm1837 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 110 ‘Aunt’ and ‘mauma’, or ‘maum’, its abbreviation, are terms of respect commonly used by children, to aged negroes. 1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 728/2 Maum Dulcie, is my habit ready? 1928 J. M. Peterkin Scarlet Sister Mary ii. 14 Mary had grown up in Maum Hannah's old house in the Quarters. 1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 46 Maum' Dinah. 1988 S. Tucker Memories Southern Women III. 107 Maum Hannah is an aged woman, but she can still ‘wield an ax’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maumadj. Brit. /mɔːm/, U.S. /mɔm/, /mɑm/ Forms: 1600s–1700s moam, 1600s–1800s mawm, 1600s– maum, 1800s– mome, 1800s– moum. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: malm n. Etymology: Probably < malm n., with early development of a u- glide before -l- and subsequent loss of -l- . Compare earlier maumish adj. and maum v. N.E.D. (1904) lists this word as Malm, adj., and gives the additional pronunciation (mām) /mɑːm/. Although spellings with -l- are not attested, their existence may be inferred < malmie , malmy , variants of maumy adj. English regional (chiefly northern). Usually of fruit: mellow, soft; esp. overripe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > unripe or over-ripe unripec1275 semi-maturec1440 unripedc1500 untimely1535 unripened1561 overripened1594 immature1599 maum1691 under-ripe1707 overripe1769 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Moam, vel Maum, maturo-mitis, mellow. a1743 J. Relph Misc. of Poems (1747) 17 Sweet to the teaste as pears or apples moam. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 341 Maum, mellow, attended with a degree of dryness. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 199 Maum, Maumy, mellow, soft. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 206 Mome, soft, smooth, conjoining the idea of sweetness. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Maum, Mawm, (1) mellow. (2) Gentle, quiet. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Maum, Mome, or Maumy, mellow; insipid. ‘That pear is too maum for my eating.’ 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 81/1 Maum,..the sense is ‘over ripe’ rather than ‘ripe’ and infers a deterioration in condition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maumv. Brit. /mɔːm/, U.S. /mɔm/, /mɑm/ Forms: 1600s mawme, 1700s– maam, 1700s– maum. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: maum adj. Etymology: Probably < maum adj. (although attested earlier).N.E.D. (1904) enters sense 1 under malm v.², and in a later fascicle (1906) treats sense 2 separately under maum v. Chiefly British regional. Now rare. 1. intransitive. To become soft. Also transitive: to make soft or softer. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > become soft [verb (intransitive)] nesheOE soften?c1425 mollify1528 to give again1617 mauma1642 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 112 Then they water it [sc. earth] and lette it lye 3 or 4 dayes to mawme. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Maum, to soften and swell by means of rain, or from being steeped in water; to become mellow... Malt is said to maum, when steeped. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 135 To maum a crust of bread, is to soften it in water. †2. transitive. To paw, grope. Only in to maum and gaum (see also gaum v.¹). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly pawa1450 thumb1593 fumble1609 thumble1614 to maum and gaum1738 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 81 Don't be mauming and gauming a Body so. Can't you keep your filthy Hands to your self? 3. transitive. To besmear. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear smear971 besmearc1050 slobber1529 slubber1530 smore1530 to-ray1562 slubbera1586 blur1592 beblur1598 beslubber1598 besmother1598 besmouche1600 slur1602 illine1615 slerga1758 slaister1773 gaum?1825 smarm1847 slob1851 maum1888 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 107 Maam, to besmear; as a child may besmear face or hands with jam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835adj.1691v.a1642
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