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mammer.

To hesitate.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈmæm.ə(ɹ)/UK/ˈmæm.ɚ/US
  1. To hesitate.

    rare
  2. To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

    rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English māmrian, māmorian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną (“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English māmor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian (“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.

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