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mammering

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From mammer +‎ -ing.

Verb edit

mammering

  1. present participle and gerund of mammer

Etymology 2 edit

From mammer +‎ -ing.

Adjective edit

mammering (comparative more mammering, superlative most mammering)

  1. Hesitating; hesitant; wavering.
    • 1581, J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe, Against Jerome Osorius 358:
      This doctrine doth abolish quite the doctrine of the law, of repentaunce,..and commaundeth a mammering doubtfulnesse.
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