mutterancen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌt(ə)rəns/,

/ˈmʌt(ə)rn̩s/, U.S.

/ˈmədər(ə)ns/

Forms: see mutter v.¹ and -ance suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mutter v.¹, -ance suffix.

Etymology: < mutter v.¹ + -ance suffix, probably punningly after utterance n.¹

rare.

†1. The ability to mutter. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

?1577 Misogonus iii. i, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 227 I will tell you w^th all my hart as god shall me mutteraunce lend.

2. Muttering; a muttered utterance.

ΚΠ

1992 Seattle Times (Nexis) 27 Apr. b3 Her demeanor, all eye-rollings and mutterances, distracted him.

1997 G. Keillor in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 64/2 You'd hear..some extremely laconic Vermonters muttering something about syrup (they talked at a rate of four words a minute, which gave their mutterance an air of vast profundity).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mutterance
释义	mutterancen. Brit. /ˈmʌt(ə)rəns/, /ˈmʌt(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /ˈmədər(ə)ns/ Forms: see mutter v.¹ and -ance suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mutter v.¹, -ance suffix. Etymology: < mutter v.¹ + -ance suffix, probably punningly after utterance n.¹ rare. †1. The ability to mutter. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ ?1577 Misogonus iii. i, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 227 I will tell you w^th all my hart as god shall me mutteraunce lend. 2. Muttering; a muttered utterance. ΚΠ 1992 Seattle Times (Nexis) 27 Apr. b3 Her demeanor, all eye-rollings and mutterances, distracted him. 1997 G. Keillor in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 64/2 You'd hear..some extremely laconic Vermonters muttering something about syrup (they talked at a rate of four words a minute, which gave their mutterance an air of vast profundity). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1577
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