mumm Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mumm intransitive verb
Etymology
D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. Mumble, Mummery.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mummed ; present participle & verbal noun Mumming
Definitions
  1. To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.
    With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.

Webster 1913