Multispiral Mul`ti·spi"ral adjective [
Multi- +
spiral .]
(Zoology) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.
Multistriate Mul`ti·stri"ate adjective [
Multi- +
striate .]
Having many streaks.
Multisulcate Mul`ti·sul"cate adjective [
Multi- +
sulcate .]
Having many furrows.
Multisyllable Mul"ti·syl`la·ble noun [
Multi- +
syllable .]
A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [ R.] --
Mul`ti*syl*lab"ic adjective
Multititular Mul`ti·tit"u·lar adjective [
Multi- +
titular .]
Having many titles.
Multitubular Mul`ti·tu"bu·lar adjective [
Multi- +
tubular .]
Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler.
Multitude Mul"ti·tude noun [ French
multitude , Latin
multitudo ,
multitudinis , from
multus much, many; of unknown origin.]
1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly. But when he saw the multitudes , he was moved with compassion on them.
Matt. ix. 36. 2. A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares. It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues.
I. Watts. A multitude of flowers
As countless as the stars on high.
Longfellow. 3. The state of being many; numerousness. They came as grasshoppers for multitude .
Judg. vi. 5. The multitude ,
the populace; the mass of men. Syn. -- Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See
Throng .
Multitudinary Mul`ti·tu"di·na·ry adjective Multitudinous.
Multitudinous Mul`ti·tu"di·nous adjective 1. Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves. "The
multitudinous seas."
Shak. A renewed jingling of multitudinous chains.
G. Kennan. 2. Of or pertaining to a multitude. "The
multitudinous tongue."
Shak. --
Mul`ti*tu"di*nous*ly ,
adverb --
Mul`ti*tu"di*nous*ness ,
noun
Multivagant, Multivagous Mul·tiv"a·gant, Mul·tiv"a·gous adjective [ Latin
multivagus ;
multus much +
vagus wandering; confer
vagans , present participle of
vagari . See
Vagary .]
Wandering much. [ Obsolete]
Multivalence Mul·tiv"a·lence noun (Chemistry) Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.
Multivalent Mul·tiv"a·lent adjective [
Multi- + Latin
valens , present participle See
Valence .]
(Chemistry) (a) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon. (b) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.
Multivalve Mul"ti·valve noun [ Confer French
multivalve .]
(Zoology) Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.
Multivalve, Multivalvular Mul"ti·valve, Mul`ti·val"vu·lar adjective [
Multi- +
valve ,
valvular : confer French
multivalve .]
1. Having many valves. 2. (Zoology) Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons.
Multiversant Mul·tiv"er·sant adjective [
Multi- + Latin
versans , present participle See
Versant .]
Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.
Multivious Mul·tiv"i·ous adjective & adverb [ Latin
multivius ;
multus many +
via way.]
Having many ways or roads; by many ways. [ Obsolete]
Multivocal Mul·tiv"o·cal adjective [
Multi- +
vocal .]
Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal. "An ambiguous
multivocal word."
Coleridge. --
noun A multivocal word. [ R.]
Fitzed. Hall.
Multocular Mul·toc"u·lar adjective [
Multi- + Latin
oculus eye.]
Having many eyes, or more than two.
Multum Mul"tum noun An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. Craig. Hard multum ,
a preparation made from Cocculus Indicus , etc., used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer.
Multungulate Mul·tun"gu·late adjective [
Multi- +
ungulate .]
Having many hoofs.
Multure Mul"ture noun [ Old French
multure ,
moulture , French
mouture , from Latin
molitura a grinding,
molere to grind. See
Mill the machine.]
1. (Scots Law) The toll for grinding grain. Erskine. 2. A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
Mum Mum adjective [ Of imitative origin. Confer
Mumble .]
Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum , and speak not a word.
Shak.
Mum Mum interj. Be silent! Hush! Mum , then, and no more.
Shak.
Mum Mum noun Silence. [ R.]
Hudibras.
Mum Mum noun [ German
mummere , from Christian
Mumme , who first brewed it in 1492.]
A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum .
Pope.
Mum-chance Mum"-chance` noun 1. A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Decker. 2. A silent, stupid person. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Mum-chance Mum"-chance` adjective Silent and idle. [ Colloq.]
Boys can't sit mum-chance always.
J. H. Ewing.
Mumble Mum"ble transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mumbled ;
present participle & verbal noun Mumbling .] [ Middle English
momelen ; confer Dutch
mompelen ,
mommelen , German
mummelen , Swedish
mumla , Danish
mumle . Confer
Mum ,
adjective ,
Mumm ,
Mump ,
v. ]
1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter. Peace, you mumbling fool.
Shak. A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,
Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
Otway. 2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
Mumble Mum"ble (mŭm"b'l)
transitive verb 1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. Bp. Hall. 2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain.
Dryden. 3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly.
Mumblenews Mum"ble·news` noun A talebearer. [ Obsolete]
Mumbler Mum"bler noun One who mumbles.
Mumbling Mum"bling adjective Low; indistinct; inarticulate. --
Mum"bling*ly ,
adverb
Mumbo Jumbo Mum"bo Jum`bo An object of superstitious homage and fear. Carlyle. The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded.
Dickens.
Mumbo Jumbo Mum"bo Jum"bo noun [ Perh. from the native name of an African god.]
Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose; hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo.
Mumm Mumm intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mummed ;
present participle & verbal noun Mumming .] [ Dutch
mimmen to mask,
mom a mask; akin to German
mumme disguise; probably of imitative origin, and akin to English
mum ,
mumble , in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Confer
Mumble ,
Mummery .]
To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask. With mumming and with masking all around.
Spenser.
Mummer Mumm"er noun [ Confer Old French
mommeur . See
Mumm , and confer
Momier .]
One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon. Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers .
Milton.
Mummery Mum"mer·y noun ;
plural Mummeries . [ French
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.
Mummichog Mum"mi·chog noun [ Amer. Indian name.]
(Zoology) Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus , and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow . [ Written also
mummychog ,
mummachog .]
Mummification Mum`mi·fi·ca"tion noun [ See
Mummify .]
The act of making a mummy.
Mummified Mum"mi·fied adjective Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.
Mummiform Mum"mi·form adjective [
Mummy +
-form .]
Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoölogy, said of the pupæ of certain insects.
Mummify Mum"mi·fy transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mummified ;
present participle & verbal noun Mummifying .] [
Mummy +
-fy : confer French
momifier .]
To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646).
Mummy Mum"my (mŭm"mȳ)
noun ;
plural Mummies . [ French
momie ; confer Spanish & Portuguese
momia , Italian
mummia ; all from Persian
mūmiyā , from
mūm wax.]
1. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. Bacon. 2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [ Obsolete]
Sir. J. Hill. 3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Sir T. Herbert. 4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below). 5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. 6. One whose affections and energies are withered. Mummy brown ,
a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs. --
Mummy wheat (Botany) ,
wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times. --
To beat to a mummy ,
to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
Mummy Mum"my transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mummied ;
present participle & verbal noun Mummying .]
To embalm; to mummify.
Mummychog Mum"my·chog noun (Zoology) See Mummichog .
Mump Mump intransitive verb [ Akin to
mumble ; confer Dutch
mompen to cheat; perhaps orig., to whine like a beggar, Dutch
mompelen to mumble. See
Mumble ,
Mum , and confer
Mumps .]
1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. He mumps , and lovers, and hangs the lip.
Taylor, 1630. 2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly. 3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining.
Burke. 4. To be sullen or sulky. [ Prov. Eng.]
Mump Mump transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mumped ;
present participle & verbal noun Mumping .]
1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. Old men who mump their passion.
Goldsmith. 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food. 3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
Mumper Mump"er noun A beggar; a begging impostor. Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper .
Macaulay.
Mumpish Mump"ish adjective Sullen, sulky. --
Mump"ish*ly ,
adverb --
Mump"ish*ness ,
noun
Mumps Mumps noun [ Prov. English
mump to be sulky. Confer
Mump ,
Mumble , and
Mum .]
1. plural Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner. 2. [ Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.]
(Medicine) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.
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