Webster's Dictionary 1913

5752

Mummychog

Mum″my‐chog (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Mummichog.

5753

Mump

Mump (?), v. i. [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 th...

5754

Mump (2)

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 mou...

5755

Mumper

Mump″er (?), n. A beggar; a begging impostor.Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay.

5756

Mumpish

Mump″ish, a. Sullen, sulky. — Mump″ish‐ly, adv. — Mump″ish‐ness, n.

5757

Mumps

Mumps (?), n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. Mump, Mumble, and Mum.] 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner.2. (Med.) A specific infectious febrile disorder ...

5758

Mun

Mun (?), n. [See Mouth.] The mouth.One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns,Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns. Old Rhyme. Halliwell.

5759

Munch

Munch (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Munched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Munching.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to eat (cf. Mange), and mâcher to cher (cf. Masticate). See M...

5760

Munchausenism

Mun‐chau″sen‐ism (?), n. [So called in allusion to Baron Munchausen's extravagant tales of travel.] An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adve...

5761

Muncher

Munch″er (?), n. One who munches.

5762

Mund

Mund (?), n. See Mun.

5763

Mundane

Mun″dane (?), a. [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. maṇḍ to adorn, dress, maṇḍa adornment. Cf. Mond...

5764

Mundanity

Mun‐dan″i‐ty (?), n. Worldliness.

5765

Mundation

Mun‐da″tion (?), n. [L. mundatio, fr. mundare to make clean.] The act of cleansing.

5766

Mundatory

Mun″da‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. mundatorius.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse.

5767

Mundic

Mun″dic (?), n. Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; — so called by the Cornish miners.

5768

Mundificant

Mun‐dif″i‐cant (?), a. [L. mundificans, p. pr. of mundificare to make clean, fr. mundus clean + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] Serving to cleanse and heal. — n. A mundifi...

5769

Mundification

Mun′di‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. The act or operation of cleansing.

5770

Mundificative

Mun‐dif″i‐ca‐tive (?), a. Cleansing. — n. A detergent medicine or preparation.

5771

Mundify

Mun″di‐fy (?), v. t. [Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See Mundificant.] To cleanse.

5772

Mundil

Mun″dil (?), n. A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.

5773

Mundivagant

Mun‐div″a‐gant (?), a. [L. mundus the world + vagans wandering, p. pr. of vagari. See Vagary.] Wandering over the world.

5774

Mundungus

Mun‐dun″gus (?), n. [Cf. Sp. mondongo paunch, tripe, black pudding.] A stinking tobacco.

5775

Munerary

Mu″ner‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. munerarius, from munus a gift.] Having the nature of a gift.

5776

Munerate

Mu″ner‐ate (?), v. t. [L. muneratus, p. p. of munerare to give, bestow, fr. munus a gift.] To remunerate.

5777

Muneration

Mu′ner‐a″tion (?), n. [L. muneratio.] Remuneration.

5778

Mung

Mung (mŭng), n. [Hind. mūng.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of pulse (Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India. Balfour (Cyc. of India).