umbles

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noun

Animal entrails, especially of a deer.

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Meanings

umbles1

nounumbles pl (plural only)

alternative humbles

  1. archaicpluralplural onlyAnimal entrails, especially of a deer.

    When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage [...].

    1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths

umbles2

nounthe umbles pl (plural only)

alternative humbles

  1. pluralplural onlyA set of symptoms of hypothermia: stumbling (incoordination), mumbling (difficulty speaking), fumbling (also incoordination but different this time in some way), and grumbling (worsening mood)

Origin

Variant of numbles.

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APA

umbles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbles

MLA

“umbles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbles. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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

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