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mumbo jumbo
Word definitions for mumbo jumbo in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mumbo Jumbo is the 17th studio album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply released in 2010.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mumbo Jumbo \Mum"bo Jum"bo\, n. [Perh. fr. 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1738, name of an idol supposedly worshipped by certain tribes in Africa; said to be a corruption of words in Mandingo (one reconstructed version is Mama Dyumbo ), but no likely source has been found in the languages of the Niger region, to which the original ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) A deity or other supernatural being said to have been worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol. 2 (context religion English) Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance" [syn: hugger-mugger ]
Usage examples of mumbo jumbo.
The Doctor racked his brains for more occultist mumbo jumbo, but he had said more than enough.
He ordered everyone to cover their eyes, then said some mumbo jumbo and set the darn thing off!