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mumps

N โรค คางทูม  rok-kang-pum

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUMP

v.t. 1. To nibble; to bite quick; to chew with continued motion; as a mumping squirrel.
2. To talk loud and quick.
3. To go begging.
4. To deceive; to cheat.

 

MUMPER

n.A beggar.

 

MUMPING

n.Begging tricks; foolish tricks; mockery.

 

MUMPISH

a.Dull; heavy; sullen; sour.

 

MUMPS

n.[See Mum, Mumble, Mumm. ] 1. Sullenness; silent displeasure. [Little used. ]
2. A disease, the cynanche parotidoea, a swelling of the parotid glands.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MUMP

Mump, v. i. Etym: [Akin to mumble; cf. D. mompen to cheat; perh.orig. , to whine like a beggar, D. mompelen to mumble. See Mumble, Mum, and cf. Mumps. ]

 

1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip. Taylor, 163 .

 

2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.

 

3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. And then when mumping with a sore leg, ... canting and whining. Burke.

 

4. To be sullen or sulky. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

MUMP

Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping. ]

 

1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith.

 

2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.

 

3. To deprive of (something ) by cheating; to impose upon.

 

MUMPER

MUMPER Mump "er, n.

 

Defn: A beggar; a begging impostor. Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay.

 

MUMPISH

MUMPISH Mump "ish, a.

 

Defn: Sullen, sulky. -- Mump "ish *ly, adv. -- Mump "ish *ness, n.

 

MUMPS

Mumps, n. Etym: [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. Mump, Mumble, and Mum. ]

 

1. pl.

 

Defn: Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner.

 

2. Etym: [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance. ] (Med. )

 

Defn: A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mumpish

mump ish |ˈməmpiSH ˈməmpɪʃ | adjective informal, dated sullen or sulky. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete mump grimace, have a miserable expression + -ish 1 .

 

mumps

mumps |məmps məmps | plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a contagious and infectious viral disease causing swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face, and a risk of sterility in adult males. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from obsolete mump grimace, have a miserable expression.

 

mumpsimus

mump si mus |ˈməmpsiməs ˈməmpsɪməs | noun ( pl. mumpsimuses ) a traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable. a person who obstinately adheres to such a custom or notion. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: erroneously for Latin sumpsimus in quod in ore sumpsimus which we have taken into the mouth (Eucharist ), in a story of an illiterate priest who, when corrected, replied “I will not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus.”

 

Oxford Dictionary

mumpish

mump |ish |ˈmʌmpɪʃ | adjective informal, dated sullen; sulky. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete mump grimace, have a miserable expression + -ish 1 .

 

mumps

mumps |mʌmps | plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a contagious and infectious viral disease causing swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face, and a risk of sterility in adult males. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from obsolete mump grimace, have a miserable expression .

 

mumpsimus

mumpsimus |ˈmʌmpsɪməs | noun ( pl. mumpsimuses ) a traditional custom or idea adhered to although shown to be unreasonable. a person who obstinately adheres to old customs or ideas in spite of evidence that they are wrong or unreasonable. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: erroneously for Latin sumpsimus in quod in ore sumpsimus which we have taken into the mouth (from the Eucharist ), in allusion to the story of an illiterate priest who, when corrected for reading quod in ore mumpsimus, replied ‘I will not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Mumpf

Mumpf Substantiv, maskulin schweizerisch , der |M u mpf |der Mumpf; Genitiv: des Mumpf [e ]s wohl zu veraltet mumpfen = mit vollem Mund kauen Mumps

 

Mumpitz

Mum pitz Substantiv, maskulin umgangssprachlich abwertend , der |M u mpitz |der Mumpitz; Genitiv: des Mumpitzes im Berliner Börsenjargon = unsinniges Gerede; älter: Mummelputz = Vogelscheuche, (vermummte ) Schreckgestalt, zu Butz Unsinn, den man nicht zu beachten braucht der reine Mumpitz

 

Mumps

Mumps Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, feminin , der oder die |M u mps |der, landschaftlich auch: die Mumps; Genitiv: der Mumps englisch mumps, Plural von: mump = Grimasse, wohl nach dem angeschwollenen Gesicht fieberhafte Infektionskrankheit mit schmerzhafter [einseitiger ] Schwellung der Ohrspeicheldrüse; Ziegenpeter; Parotitis

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mumps

mumps /mʌmps /名詞 U 〖単数扱い 〗1 〘医 〙〖時にthe 流行性耳下腺 せん 炎, おたふくかぜ .2 the 不機嫌 .