mammer
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from *mer-✻
- inherited from *maimrōną✻
- inherited from māmrian
- inherited from mameren
Definitions
To hesitate.
- Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.
To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at mammer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at mammer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at mammer
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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