Definitions For Mammer

Verb

{{en-verb}} (rare) To hesitate. : Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello. (rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

Derived terms

mammery mammering

Translations

Russian: неуверенно мямлить

Etymology

From Middle English mameren, , to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter, from {{inh, en, ang, māmrian}}, māmorian, , to think through, deliberate, plan out, design, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, maimrōną, , to take care, worry}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *mer-}}, *smer-, , to fall into thought, remember, take care. Related to {{cog, ang, māmor, , deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness}}, {{cog, ang, mimorian, , to remember}}, {{cog, nl, mijmeren, , to ponder, muse}}. More at remember.