| 单词 | to sit mumchance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit (also stand, etc.) mumchance Silent, mute; tongue-tied. Frequently in to sit (also stand, etc.) mumchance. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] unspeakinga1382 speechless1390 mutec1400 dumb1406 silenta1425 peaceablec1425 secretc1440 of few wordsa1500 tongue-tied1529 mum1532 closec1540 strait-laced1546 tongue-dumb1556 incommunicable1568 sparing1568 inconversable1577 retentive1599 wordless1604 mumbudget1622 uncommunicable1628 monastica1631 word-bound1644 on (also upon) the reserve1655 strait-mouthed1664 oyster-like1665 incommunicative1670 mumchance1681 speechless1726 taciturnous1727 tongue-tacked1727 monosyllabic1735 silentish1737 untalkative1739 silentious1749 buttoned-up1767 taciturn1771 close as wax1772 untittletattling1779 reticent1825 voiceless1827 say-nothing1838 unremonstrant1841 still1855 unvocal1858 inexpansive186. short-tongued1864 non-communicating1865 tight-lipped1876 unworded1886 chup1896 tongue-bound1906 shut-mouthed1936 zip-lipped1943 shtum1958 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 3 Jan. 2/1 Conscience tthat [sic] was so clamorous before, is Mumchance, and says nothing to the matter. 1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding i. iv. 4 He stood mumchance, and spoke never a living syllable. 1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. ix. 213 I always speak to gentlefolks that speak to me; I've no notion of sitting mum chance, when gentlemen are so civil as to speak genteel to one. 1820 W. Hazlitt in London Mag. Sept. 250/1 Set him [sc. an author] on top of a stage-coach, he will make no figure; he is mum-chance, while the slang wit flies about. 1839 S. Lover Hall Porter ii. iii. 26 (The ante-room is full of company, who sit in groups, whispering.) Mrs. B. (Aside.) I never did see such a mumchance set. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iii. 248 Have they no liberty, no will, no right to speak? Are they obliged to sit mumchance? 1884 H. C. Merivale Florien i. ii. 28 That fellow 'prentice of thine, who has been as mum-chance all this while as a mute at a funeral. 1915 L. Abercrombie End of World in Georgian Poetry, 1913–15 198 When there comes a passenger among us, One who has heard what's stirring out beyond, 'Tis a grutchy mumchance fellow in the dismals! 1957 L. Durrell Justine ii. 133 For my part I remained always stupefied and mumchance. 1989 L. Clarke Chymical Wedding 48 I stood mumchance, in slight shock, as I watched him make off to greet newcomers. < as lemmas |
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