"mammer" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mammers [present, singular, third-person], mammering [participle, present], mammered [participle, past], mammered [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mameren||to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter}} Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), {{inh|en|ang|māmrian}} Old English māmrian, {{m|ang|māmorian||to think through, deliberate, plan out, design}} māmorian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*maimrōną||to take care, worry}} Proto-Germanic *maimrōną (“to take care, worry”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mer-}} Proto-Indo-European *mer-, {{m|ine-pro|*smer-||to fall into thought, remember, take care}} *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”), {{cog|ang|māmor||deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness}} Old English māmor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), {{cog|ang|mimorian||to remember}} Old English mimorian (“to remember”), {{cog|nl|mijmeren||to ponder, muse}} Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”), {{l|en|remember}} remember Head templates: {{en-verb}} mammer (third-person singular simple present mammers, present participle mammering, simple past and past participle mammered)
  1. (rare) To hesitate. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-mammer-en-verb-uAIZBOAG
  2. (rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation. Tags: rare Translations (To mumble or stammer): неуверенно мямлить (neuverenno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mammer-en-verb-8FmqaPOx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'To mumble or stammer': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mammery, mammering

Inflected forms

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