What is "mummed"

Mumm \Mumm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumming.] [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.] To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.

With mumming and with masking all around.
--Spenser.

vb. (en-pastmum)

See mum

1. adj. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" [syn: silent]

2. [also: mumming, mummed]

1. n. of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium]

2. informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mummy, mater]

3. secrecy; "mum's the word"

4. [also: mumming, mummed]