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单词 mimmering
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mimmeringadj.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch, combined with English elements. Etymons: mammering adj., Dutch mimmeren , -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of mammering adj., or perhaps representing an earlier loan < Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren to ponder (Dutch mijmeren to dream, muse) + -ing suffix2. Perhaps compare mimmerkin n.
Obsolete. rare. Perhaps pseudo-archaic.
Perhaps: doting, dreaming; mammering.
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1827 G. Darley Sylvia 64 A half-brain'd loon! A mimmering driveller!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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