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单词 mumbler
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mumblern.

Brit. /ˈmʌmbl̩ə/, /ˈmʌmblə/, U.S. /ˈməmb(ə)lər/
Forms: see mumble v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mumble v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mumble v. + -er suffix1.
A person who speaks indistinctly or in muffled tones.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > murmuring or muttering > one who mutters
mummer1440
mumblerc1530
mutterer1552
murmurera1770
c1530 J. Ravisius Pater, Filius & Uxor Iynckyn iumbler Rafe rumbler..Martyn mumbler Benet bumbler Gwy grumbler Do dwell verely with the same man as I.
1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Lviij v Masse momblers, holye water swyngers [etc.].
a1550 in Anglia (1903) 26 204 For a syngar,..Momelers, foreskippers, ouerskippers sunt tria mala.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lxiv. 260 Mumblers of Ave Marias.
1862 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 78/1 Will some honorable mumbler state the subject of this 'ere meetin'?
1891 Church Times 27 Nov. 1167/2 The mumblers, who think it a Catholic custom to make the Consecration inaudible.
1953 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 27 69 Listen to his voice range as he teaches. Is he a mumbler or a droner?
1989 K. Dunn Geek Love i. ii. 14 My mother..can be written off with the gentle oddities of rambling mumblers, drunks, and beggars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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