Definition of Mumblings

1. Noun. (plural of mumbling) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mumblings

1. mumbling [n] - See also: mumbling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mumblings

mumble
mumble-the-peg
mumblecore
mumbled
mumblenews
mumblenewses
mumbler
mumblers
mumbles
mumbleth
mumblety-peg
mumblety peg
mumbletypeg
mumbling
mumblingly
mumblings (current term)
mumbly
mumbo-jumbo
mumchance
mumification necrosis
mumm
mummed
mummeite
mummer
mummeries
mummers
mummery
mummia
mummias

Literary usage of Mumblings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim (1915)
"... that even at the worst His wrath could be appeased at any time, as necessity might arise, by a few burnt offerings and sacrificial mumblings. ..."

2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1854)
"... servile noises—the moans of the hopeless, the sighs of broken hearts and crushed spirits, the mumblings of abject superstition, the yawn of torpor, ..."

3. Wall-street to Cashmere by John B. Ireland (1859)
"Then succeeded, alternately, music, mumblings, and genuflexions, for two hours; the people, mostly men, bowing, crossing, and pattering prayers, ..."

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