MUMM

mumm. Mumm, v.t. to put on a mask, mask, go masked

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Mumm (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mumming.] [[D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. Mumble, Mummery.]] To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask. With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.