2. A silent, stupid person. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
MUM-CHANCE
Mum"-chance`, a.
Defn: Silent and idle. [Colloq.]
Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing.
MUMM Mumm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumming.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.
With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.
MUMMER
Mumm"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. mommeur. See Mumm, and cf. Momier.]
Defn: One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a
buffon.
Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers. Milton.
MUMMERY Mum"mer*y, n.; pl. Mummeries. Etym: [F. momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See Mumm.]
1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery. The mummery of foreign strollers. Fenton.
2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. Bacon.