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Mummerset

name
/ˈmʌməsɛt/UK/ˈmʌmɚˌsɛt/US

Etymology

Blend of mummer (“actor in a pantomime”) + Somerset (“county in the west of England”).

  1. inherited from Sumorsǣte
  2. compounded as mummerset — “mummer + Somerset”

Definitions

  1. An imaginary rural county in the West Country of England.

  2. An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West…

    An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Mummerset. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA