mimmer

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verb

To dote; dream; mammer.

OriginMiddle Dutch mimmeren ← Old English mymerian →
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Meanings

mimmer1

verbmimmer (third-person singular simple present mimmers, present participle mimmering, simple past and past participle mimmered)

present singular third person mimmers · participle present mimmering · participle past mimmered · past mimmered

  1. raretransitiveTo dote; dream; mammer.

    A mimmering driveller! — Shove him without! He's not worth torments.

    1892, George Darley, Sylvia: or, The May queen, a lyrical drama - Page 81
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    One many rainbow all ways beginning To bring the mimmered underside Where may a new colour unravel the story In ever changing labyrinths [...]

    2007, Andreas Diesel, Dieter Gerten, Looking for Europe

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nounmimmer (plural mimmers)

plural mimmers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mummer.

    Plays performed by troupes of medieval traveling players, or occasionally by a few daring townsfolk, were known as mummers' plays, and those who performed them were alternately known as mummers or mimmers.

    2011, Daniel Diehl, Mark P Donnelly, Medieval Celebrations

Origin

mimmer · verb

  1. Old Englishmymerian
  2. Middle Dutchmimmeren
  3. Englishmimmer

Uncertain. Perhaps from an alteration of mammer; or from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren (“to ponder”); or from Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to keep in mind, remember”). See also mammer. Compare also Saterland Frisian miemerje (“to ponder sadly, think deeply”), Danish mimre and Norwegian mimre (“to reminisce”).

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mimmer · noun

Variation of mummer.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mimmer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mimmer.

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