"mimmering" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more mimmering [comparative], most mimmering [superlative]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of mammering; or a derivation from earlier unrecorded *mimmer, from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren ("to ponder"; > Modern Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”)); or perhaps representing a continuation of Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to remember, commemorate”). See also mammer, mimmerkin. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|dum|mimmeren}} Middle Dutch mimmeren, {{gloss|"to ponder"; > Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">mijmeren</i> (“to ponder, muse”)}} ("to ponder"; > Modern Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”)), {{inh|en|ang|mymerian}} Old English mymerian Head templates: {{en-adj}} mimmering (comparative more mimmering, superlative most mimmering)
  1. Doting; dreaming; mammering.
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