mumchance

mumchance
Mute, or not speaking.

I wrote Miss Crane off as mediocre because although she chatted quite pleasantly and intelligently over coffee she was mostly mumpchance at the dinner table. Oh, not mumpchance tout court.

See Also: mummer, mummery

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  • mumchance — I. ˈməmˌchan(t)s, cha(a)n , chain , chȧn noun Etymology: Low German mummenschanze throw in a dice game played by masked revelers, from Middle Low German, from mummen dice game played by masked revelers (from mummen to go masked, perhaps from… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mumchance — mÊŒmtʃæns / tʃɑːns adj. reticent, silent; speechless; tongue tied, unable to speak n. (Archaic) masquerade; person who just stands without saying anything (implying that he or she is not very bright) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mumchance — mum·chance …   English syllables

  • mumchance —   a. silent; tongue tied; n. obsolete, masquerade …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • mum|chance — «MUHM CHANS, CHAHNS», adjective, adverb. Especially British. in silence; speechless; tongue tied; mum: »The gunman…had left with £7,500 while the smirking staff stood mumchance (Punch). ╂[< obsolete English mumchance, noun, a certain game of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mummer — noun /ˈmʌm.ə,ˈmʌm.ɚ/ a) A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival. b) An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. Syn: mime See Also: mumme …   Wiktionary

  • mombyll — mombyll, momchaunce obs. ff. mumble, mumchance …   Useful english dictionary

  • momchaunce — mombyll, momchaunce obs. ff. mumble, mumchance …   Useful english dictionary

  • momme chance — obs. form of mumchance …   Useful english dictionary

  • monchaunce — variant of mumchance …   Useful english dictionary

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