mumchance

/ (ˈmʌmˌtʃɑːns) /

adjective

silent; struck dumb

Nearby words

mum-and-dad investor, mumbai, mumble, mumbletypeg, mumbo jumbo, mumchance, mumetal, mumford, mummer, mummerset, mummery

Word Origin for mumchance

C16 (masquerade, dumb show): from Middle Low German mummenschanze masked serenade; from mummen (see mummer) + schanze chance

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Examples from the Web for mumchance

Mumchance (WH286,a), a game of hazard with cards or dice: see Nares.
Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others|Various
Passage and Novem were games at dice, and mumchance one at cards.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)|Robert Dodsley
Tell her so, for she sits there mumchance, and obliges me to find more inventions than three authors for one piece.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life|Honore de Balzac
So we continued our way; he one side of my lady chatting and smiling, and I on the other glum and mumchance.
The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane|Frank Barrett