mimmer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To dote; dream; mammer.
noun
  1. Alternative form of mummer.

Word forms

mimmer mimmers mimmering mimmered

Etymology

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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