muumuu
noun
a long, loose-hanging dress, usually brightly colored or patterned, worn especially by Hawaiian women.
mumu,
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a variation of
muumuu.
Example Sentences
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“When she was in the mumu she was a tiny old lady.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
A large woman wearing a tie-dyed mumu greeted us with hugs and gave us name tags to fill out with Sharpie pens as if we were at a singles mixer.
From Salon ● May 23, 2013
Then he moved on to the Navy as consultant, fought a similar campaign against mumu, the filariasis that South Pacific G.I.s dreaded because they feared it would lead to elephantiasis or perhaps sterility.
From Time Magazine Archive
In World War II, mumu,* or filariasis, which produces elephantiasis in its late stages, terrified U.S. fighting men in the Pacific as much as did the enemy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She turned to Chikodili and screamed, “Why are you looking like a mumu? Come on, clean it up!”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
